| contributor author | Hinkelman, Laura M. | |
| contributor author | Stevens, Bjorn | |
| contributor author | Evans, K. Franklin | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T16:52:16Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T16:52:16Z | |
| date copyright | 2005/07/01 | |
| date issued | 2005 | |
| identifier issn | 0022-4928 | |
| identifier other | ams-75650.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4218009 | |
| description abstract | Causes of anisotropy in fair-weather cumulus cloud fields were investigated using quantitative measures of anisotropy and a large-eddy simulation (LES) model. Case six of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud System Study Working Group 1 was used as the standard model scenario. This case represents radiatively forced development of cumulus clouds over the southern Great Plains. Cloud formation under a variety of environmental conditions was simulated and the degree of anisotropy in the output fields was calculated as a function of spatial scale. Wind shear was found to be the single greatest factor in the development of both vertically tilted and horizontally stretched cloud structures. Other factors included mean wind speed, initial water vapor mixing ratio, and the magnitude of the surface forcing. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | A Large-Eddy Simulation Study of Anisotropy in Fair-Weather Cumulus Cloud Fields | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 62 | |
| journal issue | 7 | |
| journal title | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/JAS3463.1 | |
| journal fristpage | 2155 | |
| journal lastpage | 2171 | |
| tree | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;2005:;Volume( 062 ):;issue: 007 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |