Cloud patterns and mixing properties in shallow moist Rayleigh- Bénard convection

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Weidauer, Thomas ^a   Pauluis, Olivier ^b   Schumacher, Jörg ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; AREA SCALING; BUOYANCY FLUXES; CLOUD FORMATION; CLOUD PATTERN; CONVECTION LAYERS; CUMULUS CONVECTION; FRACTAL BEHAVIORS; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTY; IN-LINE; INTERMITTENCY; ISO-CONTOURS; LIQUID WATER; MIXED STATE; MIXING PROPERTY; MOIST AIR; MULTI-FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PERCOLATION PROCESS; RAYLEIGH; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SATURATION CONDITIONS; SCALAR MIXING; TEMPORAL INTERMITTENCY; TURBULENT STATE; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION;

CLOUDS; FRACTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLVENTS; SUPERSATURATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 77958522673     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/10/105002     Document Type: Article

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