Mixed-phase clouds in a turbulent environment. Part 2: Analytic treatment

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 680, 2014, Pages 870-880

  Field, P R ^a   Hill, A A ^a   Furtado, K ^a   Korolev, A ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mixed phase

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SUPERCOOLING; SUPERSATURATION; TURBULENCE; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

LIQUID WATER CONTENT; LIQUID WATER DISTRIBUTIONS; MIXED-PHASE; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD PROPERTIES; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SUPERCOOLED LIQUID WATER; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS; TURBULENT ENVIRONMENTS;

ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLOUD COVER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SUPERSATURATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84899481088     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2175     Document Type: Article

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