Strongly sheared stratocumulus convection: An observationally based large-eddy simulation study

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5223-5235

  Wang, S ^a   Zheng, X ^b   Jiang, Q ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATOCUMULUS; TURBULENCE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84862519702     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-5223-2012     Document Type: Article

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