Variance scaling in shallow-cumulus-topped mixed layers

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 628, 2007, Pages 1629-1641

  Neggers, Roel A J ^a,b   Stevens, B ^a   Neelin, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mass flux closure; Shallow cumulus; Transition layer; Variance scaling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; VARIANCE-BUDGET ANALYSIS;

CLOUDS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CUMULUS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; POWER LAW; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 36749072185     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.105     Document Type: Article

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