Multiscale models for cumulus cloud dynamics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3269-3285

  Stechmann, Samuel N ^a   Stevens, Bjorn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convective scale processes; Cumulus clouds; Dynamics; Numerical analysis modeling

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC MODEL; BACKGROUND TEMPERATURE; CLOUD DROPLETS; CONVECTIVE-SCALE PROCESSES; CUMULUS CLOUD; DIFFERENT SCALE; GRADIENT MODEL; MULTISCALE INTERACTIONS; MULTISCALE MODELS; MULTISCALES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SCALE ANALYSIS; SOURCE TERMS; TURBULENT MIXING;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; STATISTICS;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD DROPLET; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUMULUS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 77958581865     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3380.1     Document Type: Article

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