On the factors modulating the stratocumulus to cumulus transitions

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1865-1881

  Sandu, Irina ^a,b   Stevens, Bjorn ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clouds; Cumulus clouds; Large eddy simulations; Stratiform clouds

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; COMPOSITE CASE; CUMULUS CLOUDS; DOWN-WELLING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY; LONG WAVES; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STRATIFORM CLOUDS; STRATOCUMULUS-TOPPED BOUNDARY LAYERS; SURFACE LATENT HEAT FLUXES; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNWELLING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFORM CLOUD; STRATOCUMULUS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 80053215350     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3614.1     Document Type: Article

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