Cell broadening revisited: Results from high-resolution large-eddy simulations of cold air outbreaks

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2023-2032

  Schroter M ^a,b   Raasch, S ^a   Jansen, H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND EFFECTS;

CELL BROADENING; COLD AIR OUTBREAKS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS; MESOSCALE CELLULAR CONVECTION;

METEOROLOGY;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 23744494654     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3451.1     Document Type: Article

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