A single-column model intercomparison of a heavily drizzling stratocumulus-topped boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Wyant, Matthew C ^a   Bretherton, Christopher S ^a   Chlond, Andreas ^b   Griffin, Brian M ^c   Kitagawa, Hiroto ^d   Lappen, Cara Lyn ^e   Larson, Vincent E ^c   Lock, Adrian ^f   Park, Sungsu ^a   de Roode, Stephan R ^g   Uchida, Junya ^a   Zhao, Ming ^h   Ackerman, Andrew S ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^e Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD DROPLET; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRIZZLE; MODELING; STRATOCUMULUS; SURFACE FLUX;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49249086624     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008536     Document Type: Article

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