Variable cirrus shading during CSIP IOP 5. II: Effects on the convective boundary layer

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 628, 2007, Pages 1661-1675

  Marsham, J H ^a   Blyth, A M ^a   Parker, D J ^a   Beswick, K ^b   Browning, K A ^c   Corsmeier, U ^d   Kalthoff, N ^d   Khodayar, S ^d   Morcrette, C J ^c   Norton, E G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud shading; GPS; Nonclassical mesoscale circulation; Residual layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEAT CONVECTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RADIOSONDES; WATER VAPOR;

CLOUD SHADING; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; NONCLASSICAL MESOSCALE CIRCULATION;

CLOUDS;

CIRRUS; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; GPS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RADIOSONDE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 36749018667     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.146     Document Type: Article

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