LES vs. MLM sensitivity to Sc cloud droplet concentration
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The sensitivity of stratocumulus-capped mixed layers to cloud droplet concentration: do LES and mixed-layer models agree? J. Uchida, C. S. Bretherton, and P. N. Blossey Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Received: 5 November 2009 – Accepted: 16 November 2009 – Published: 2 December 2009 Correspondence to: C. S. Bretherton ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009