Eddy diffusivity/mass flux and shallow cumulus boundary layer: An updraft pdf multiple mass flux scheme

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1513-1533

  Sušelj, Kay ^a   Teixeira, João ^a   Matheou, Georgios ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Convection; Convective parameterization; Parameterization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; BARBADOS OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; MODEL PARAMETERS; MOIST CONVECTION; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PARAMETERIZED; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; TIME VARYING; TURBULENT FLUX; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

PARAMETERIZATION;

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; EDDY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 84864843649     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-090.1     Document Type: Article

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