Large-eddy simulation of subtropical cloud-topped boundary layers: 1. A forcing framework with closed surface energy balance

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1565-1585

  Tan, Zhihong ^a,b,c   Schneider, Tapio ^a,b   Teixeira, João ^b,d   Pressel, Kyle G ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary layer clouds; cloud radiative effects; large eddy simulation; stratocumulus to cumulus transition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; CLOUD-TOPPED BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; STRATOCUMULUS TO CUMULUS TRANSITION;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

CLIMATE FORCING; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOCUMULUS; SURFACE ENERGY;

EID: 84991082222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016MS000655     Document Type: Article

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