Improving non-local parameterization of the convective boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-69

  Sorbjan, Zbigniew ^a,b,c  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Boundary layer parameterization; Convective boundary layer; Entrainment fluxes; Non local parameterization scheme

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY-LAYER PARAMETERIZATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT FLUXES; EXPLICIT EXPRESSIONS; INTERFACIAL LAYERS; MOMENTUM FLUXES; NON-LOCAL PARAMETERIZATION SCHEME; SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 58049221034     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-008-9331-9     Document Type: Article

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