Mixing in shallow cumulus clouds studied by lagrangian particle tracking

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2581-2597

  Heus, Thus ^a   van Duk, Gertjan ^a   Jonker, Harm J J ^a   Van den Akker, Harry E A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GRAPHIC METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

CLOUD-TOP MIXING; PARTICLE TRACKING; SHALLOW CUMULUS CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING;

EID: 51749086828     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2572.1     Document Type: Article

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