Variable cirrus shading during CSIP IOP 5. I: Effects on the initiation of convection

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 628, 2007, Pages 1643-1660

  Marsham, J H ^a   Morcrette, C J ^b   Browning, K A ^b   Blyth, A M ^a   Parker, D J ^a   Corsmeier, U ^c   Kalthoff, N ^c   Kohler, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud shading; Convective inhibition; Flux inhomogeneity; Nonclassical mesoscale circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD SHADING; NONCLASSICAL MESOSCALE CIRCULATION;

CLOUDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRRUS; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 36749076597     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.124     Document Type: Article

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