Evaluation of large-eddy simulations via observations of nocturnal marine stratocumulus

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1443-1462

  Stevens, Bjorn ^a   Moeng, Chin Hoh ^b   Ackerman, Andrew S ^c   Bretherton, Christopher S ^d   Chlond, Andreas ^e   de Roode, Stephan ^f   Edwards, James ^g   Golaz, Jean Christophe ^h   Jiang, Hongli ⁱ   Khairoutdinov, Marat ⁱ   Kirkpatrick, Michael P ^j   Lewellen, David C ^k   Lock, Adrian ^l   Müller, Frank ^e   Stevens, David E ^m   Whelan, Eoin ^l   Zhu, Ping ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g IBM   (United States)

^h NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^k WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^m LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CLOUD-TOP MIXING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS; STRATOCUMULUS;

METEOROLOGY;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODEL TEST; PARAMETERIZATION; RESOLUTION; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 24944462470     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2930.1     Document Type: Article

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