Small-scale moist turbulence in numerically generated convective clouds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1967-1978

  Spyksma, K ^a,b   Bartello, P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b REDEEMER UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS;

CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE TURBULENCE; DOMAIN SIZES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION (SR);

TURBULENCE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLOUD COVER; CONDENSATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; EVAPORATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATOCUMULUS; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 45849129867     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2511.1     Document Type: Article

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