A numerical study on the detrainment of tracers by cumulus convection in TOGA COARE

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 861-878

  Yasunaga, Kazuaki ^a   Kida, Hideji ^b   Satomura, Takehiko ^b   Nishi, Noriyuki ^b  

^a AESTO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; CUMULUS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOGA-COARE; TRACER; VORTICITY;

EID: 4344583851     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2004.861     Document Type: Article

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