Resolved Versus Parametrized Boundary-Layer Plumes. Part III: Derivation of a Statistical Scheme for Cumulus Clouds

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 421-441

  Jam, A ^a   Hourdin, F ^a   Rio, C ^a   Couvreux, F ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary layer thermals; Cloud scheme; Conditional sampling; Large eddy simulations; Probability distribution function

Indexed keywords

A1. LARGEEDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); COHERENT STRUCTURE; CONDITIONAL SAMPLING; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; SATURATION DEFICIT; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; STANDARD DEVIATION; THERMODYNAMIC VARIABLES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84878412504     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-012-9789-3     Document Type: Article

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