The effects of wind shear on cirrus: A large-eddy model and radar case-study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 611, 2005, Pages 2937-2955

  Marsham, J H ^a   Dobbie, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud; Decorrelation; Kelvin Helmholtz wave breaking

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WIND EFFECTS;

DECORRELATION; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ WAVE BREAKING; LARGE EDDY MODEL; WIND SHEAR;

METEOROLOGY;

CIRRUS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; WAVE BREAKING; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 28144448098     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.122     Document Type: Article

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