Impacts of updraft size and dimensionality on the perturbation pressure and vertical velocity in cumulus convection. Part II: Comparison of theoretical and numerical solutions and fully dynamical simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1455-1480

  Morrison, Hugh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Circulation dynamics; Convection; Convective storms; Convective scale processes; Physical meteorology and climatology; Pressure; Updrafts

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; POISSON EQUATION; PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CONVECTIVE STORMS; CONVECTIVE-SCALE PROCESS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PRESSURE POISSON EQUATION; THEORETICAL EXPRESSION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); UPDRAFTS;

VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BUOYANCY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUMULUS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; POISSON RATIO; STORM;

EID: 84959310445     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0041.1     Document Type: Article

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