A unified model for moist convective boundary layers based on a stochastic eddy-diffusivity/mass-flux parameterization

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1929-1953

  Sušelj, Kay ^a   Teixeira, João ^a,b   Chung, Daniel ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A1. LARGEEDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); BARBADOS OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DYNAMICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MARINE STRATOCUMULUS; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONDENSATION; KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TURBULENT FLOW;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CUMULUS; EDDY; ENTRAINMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; TURBULENT FLOW; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 84881265390     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0106.1     Document Type: Article

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