A new approach for estimating entrainment rate in cumulus clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lu, Chunsong ^a,b   Liu, Yangang ^b   Yum, Seong Soo ^c   Niu, Shengjie ^a   Endo, Satoshi ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; MIXING; REMOTE SENSING;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD BASE; CUMULUS CLOUD; ENTRAINMENT RATES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

ESTIMATION;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; CUMULUS; ENTRAINMENT; MIXING; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84863134287     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050546     Document Type: Article

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