On the equivalence of two schemes for convective momentum transport

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3491-3500

  Romps, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving models; Convective clouds; Convective parameterization; Convective scale processes; Large eddy simulations

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE-SCALE PROCESSES; DEEP CONVECTION; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCE; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; TUNABLE PARAMETER;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION;

MOMENTUM TRANSFER;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 84871952962     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-068.1     Document Type: Article

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