The influence of wind speed on shallow marine cumulus convection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 168-184

  Nuijens, Louise ^a   Stevens, Bjorn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cumulus clouds; Large eddy simulations; Subtropics; Surface fluxes; Wind

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FLUXES; CLOUD BASE; CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD-BASE HEIGHT; CUMULUS CLOUD; CUMULUS CONVECTION; DRY AIR; FLUX DIVERGENCES; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; LAPSE RATE; LARGE EDDY; SHALLOW MARINE; SUBTROPICS; SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUX; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE FLUXES; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE MOISTURES; SURFACE VALUES; TRADE WINDS; WIND SPEED;

BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BUOYANCY; CUMULUS; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOISTURE FLUX; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SURFACE FLUX; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84855785107     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-02.1     Document Type: Article

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