Interpolation of LES cloud surfaces for use in direct calculations of entrainment and detrainment

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 444-456

  Dawe, Jordan T ^a   Austin, Philip H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clouds; Entrainment; Fluxes; Large eddy simulations; Model comparison

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CALCULATION; DISCRETE NUMERICAL MODEL; ENTRAINMENT; FLUX METHODS; GRID CELLS; GRID-SPACINGS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; MODEL COMPARISON; RELATIVE VELOCITY; SPATIAL SCALE; SUB-GRIDS; TIME STEP;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUDS; INTERPOLATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTRAINMENT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; INTERPOLATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

EID: 79953184694     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3473.1     Document Type: Article

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