Large-eddy simulations of an Arctic mixed-phase stratiform cloud observed during ISDAC: Sensitivity to moisture aloft, surface fluxes and large-scale forcing

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 689, 2015, Pages 1177-1190

  Savre, J ^a   Ekman, A M L ^a   Svensson, G ^a   Tjernstrom M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic clouds; Boundary layer dynamics; Large eddy simulation; Mixed phase clouds

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ICE; MOISTURE; SUBLIMATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC CLOUDS; BOUNDARY LAYER DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; MIXED-PHASE STRATIFORM CLOUD; MOISTURE ADVECTION; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; VAPOUR DEPOSITION;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

ADVECTION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE FORCING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOISTURE FLUX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFORM CLOUD; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84932154879     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2425     Document Type: Article

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