The three-dimensional structure of precipitating shallow cumuli. Part one: The kinematics

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-78

  Chen, Guoxing ^a   Xue, Huiwen ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Zhou, Xiuji ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

3D structure; Precipitation; Shallow cumulus; Toroidal circulation

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURE; CLOUD DROPS; CUMULUS CLOUD; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; HORIZONTAL CROSS SECTION; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; SHALLOW CUMULUS; SHALLOW CUMULUS CLOUDS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TWO LAYERS; WEAK CONVERGENCE;

CLOUDS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CONVERGENCE; CUMULUS; FLOW FIELD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84860806837     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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