Physics of Stratocumulus Top (POST): Turbulent mixing across capping inversion

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 12171-12186

  Malinowski, S P ^a,b   Gerber, H ^c   Jen La Plante, I ^a   Kopec, M K ^a   Kumala, W ^a   Nurowska, K ^a   Chuang, P Y ^d   Khelif, D ^e   Haman, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c GERBER SCIENTIFIC INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; BUOYANCY; ENTRAINMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATOCUMULUS; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER CONTENT; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84882768877     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-12171-2013     Document Type: Article

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