Small-scale turbulent mixing at stratocumulus top observed by means of high resolution airborne temperature and LWC measurements

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 318, Issue SECTION 7, 2011, Pages

  Malinowski, S P ^a   Haman, K E ^a   Kopec, M K ^a   Kumala, W ^a   Gerber, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b GERBER SCIENTIFIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

CASE-STUDIES; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TURBULENT MIXING; WEAK INVERSIONS;

CLOUDS;

EID: 84856344257     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/318/7/072013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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