Buoyancy flux modeling for cloudy boundary layers

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1147-1160

  Lewellen, D C ^a   Lewellen, W S ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VELOCITY CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY; FLUX MODELING; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

BUOYANCY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CUMULUS; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 2942610562     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1147:BFMFCB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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