Idealized Mesoscale Model Simulations of Open Cellular Convection Over the Sea

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-121

  Vincent, Claire L ^a   Hahmann, Andrea N ^a   Kelly, Mark C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Kinetic energy budget; Mesoscale numerical modelling; Open cellular convection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; AVERAGE DIAMETER; CAPPING INVERSION; MEAN-WINDS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE MODEL SIMULATION; MIXING RATIOS; MODEL DATA; NORTH SEA; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN CELLULAR CONVECTION; PRESSURE BALANCE; SUBGRID SCALE; SURFACE INHOMOGENEITIES; WATER VAPOUR; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CELLS; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BUDGET; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE MOTION; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER VAPOR; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 82455187909     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9664-7     Document Type: Article

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