On the reversibility of transitions between closed and open cellular convection

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7351-7367

  Feingold, G ^a   Koren, I ^b   Yamaguchi, T ^a,c   Kazil, J ^a,c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; KINETIC ENERGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84937019815     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-7351-2015     Document Type: Article

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