Vertical velocity in shallow convection for different plume types

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 478-489

  Wang, Xiaocong ^a,b   Zhang, Minghua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

convective plume; large eddy simulation; shallow convection; vertical velocity

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; BUOYANCY; CLOUDS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOMENTUM;

A1. LARGEEDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE PLUME; MOMENTUM SOURCES; PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCE; SCALING COEFFICIENTS; SHALLOW CONVECTION; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

VELOCITY;

EID: 84904892165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014MS000318     Document Type: Article

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