Time scales of the trade wind boundary layer adjustment

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1071-1083

  Bellon, Gilles ^a   Stevens, Bjorn ^b  

^a Centre National de Recherches Méetéeorologiques   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Buoyancy; Cumulus clouds; Large eddy simulations; Marine boundary layer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

A1. LARGEEDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; CUMULUS CLOUD; HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; COMMERCE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TIME MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; BOWEN RATIO; BUOYANCY; CUMULUS; HUMIDITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SEA SURFACE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRADE WIND; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84877684695     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0219.1     Document Type: Article

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