An Overview of Atmospheric Convection

CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures

Volumn 475, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-6

  Markowski, Paul ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Convective available potential energy; Convective motion; Lapse rate; Rayleigh number

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955643730     PISSN: 02541971     EISSN: 23093706     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-69291-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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