Evaporation and precipitation surface effects in local mass continuity laws of moist air

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2642-2652

  Wacker, Ulrike ^a   Frisius, Thomas ^b   Herbert, Fritz ^b  

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

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRESSURE DROP;

BARYCENTRIC VERTICAL VELOCITY; LOCAL MASS CONTINUITY LAW; MASS BALANCE; MOIST AIR;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRESSURE DROP;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EVAPORATION; MASS BALANCE; MASS TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 33750578698     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3754.1     Document Type: Article

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