Detrainment in deep convection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Boing S J ^a   Siebesma, A P ^a,b   Korpershoek, J D ^a   Jonker, H J J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CUMULUS CONVECTION; DEEP CONVECTION; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; HIGH RESOLUTION; MIXING RATIOS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CLOUD COVER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONVECTION; CUMULUS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING RATIO; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84868629300     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053735     Document Type: Article

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