Large-eddy simulations of the diurnal cycle of shallow convection and cloudiness over the tropical Indian Ocean

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 632, 2008, Pages 643-661

  Wang, Hailong ^a,b,c   McFarquhar, Greg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Colorado ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas absorption; Radiative processes; Shallow cumuli; Turbulent eddies

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; DRAG REDUCTION; GAS ABSORPTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OZONE; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR HEATING; SUN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

BULK MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD AMOUNTS; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD LAYERS; CONDENSATION RATES; DIURNAL CYCLES; HYDROSTATIC MODELS; INDIAN OCEAN EXPERIMENTS; INDIAN OCEANS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; MIXED LAYERS; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE PROCESSES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SENSITIVITY EXPERIMENTS; SHALLOW CONVECTIONS; SHALLOW CUMULI; SHALLOW CUMULUS CONVECTIONS; SHORT WAVES; SPECTRAL BANDS; SURFACE FLUXES; TRADE WINDS; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEANS; TURBULENT EDDIES; TURBULENT FLUXES; ULTRA VIOLETS; VERTICAL MOTIONS; VERTICAL VELOCITIES; VISIBLE BANDS; WATER VAPOURS;

HEATING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; TRADE WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 55349085803     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.238     Document Type: Article

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