Large-Eddy Simulations of Strongly Precipitating, Shallow, Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layers
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Large-eddy simulation of subtropical cloud-topped boundary layers: 2. Cloud response to climate change
How subtropical marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds respond to warming is investigated using large-eddy simulations (LES) of a wide range of warmer climates, with CO2 concentrations elevated by factors 2–16. In LES coupled to a slab ocean with interactive sea surface temperatures (SST), the surface latent heat flux (LHF) is constrained by the surface energy balance and only strengthens modestly ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0022-4928,1520-0469
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3616:lesosp>2.0.co;2