A numerical investigation of entrainment and transport within a stratocumulus-topped boundary layer

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 638, 2009, Pages 77-92

  Kurowski, Marcin J ^a   Malinowski, Szymon P ^a   Grabowski, Wojciech W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud holes; DYCOMS H

Indexed keywords

CLOUD WATER; CLOUD-BASE HEIGHT; DYCOMS-H; DYCOMS-II; ENTRAINMENT PROCESS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; INTERFACE LAYER; LOCAL GRADIENTS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PASSIVE SCALARS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STATIC STABILITY; STRATOCUMULUS-TOPPED BOUNDARY LAYERS; TOTAL WATER CONTENT;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE; WATER CONTENT;

BUOYANCY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY; ENTRAINMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATOCUMULUS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; UPDRAFT; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 67649440722     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.354     Document Type: Article

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