Lagrangian investigation of the precipitation efficiency of convective clouds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1045-1062

  Langhans, Wolfgang ^a   Yeo, Kyongmin ^b   Romps, David M ^a,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulus clouds; Entrainment; Large eddy simulations; Water budget

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUDS; EFFICIENCY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOLECULES; RAIN; TROPOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CUMULUS CLOUD; CUMULUS CONGESTUS CLOUDS; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLES; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; WATER BUDGET;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; ENTRAINMENT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84944061308     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0159.1     Document Type: Article

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