Multiscale asymptotics analysis for the mesoscale dynamics of cloud-topped boundary layers

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 379-402

  Owinoh, Antony Z ^a   Stevens, Bjorn ^b,c   Klein, Rupert ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Entrainment; Heat budgets; Inversions; Mesoscale processes; Moisture moisture budgets

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; HEAT BUDGETS; INVERSIONS; MESOSCALE PROCESS; MOISTURE/MOISTURE BUDGETS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; HEAT BUDGET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79953197964     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3469.1     Document Type: Article

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