Deep convection triggering by boundary layer thermals. Part I: LES analysis and stochastic triggering formulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 496-514

  Rochetin, Nicolas ^a   Couvreux, Fleur ^b   Grandpeix, Jean Yves ^a   Rio, Catherine ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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EID: 84893819752     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0336.1     Document Type: Article

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