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contributor authorHinkelman, Laura M.
contributor authorStevens, Bjorn
contributor authorEvans, K. Franklin
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:52:16Z
date available2017-06-09T16:52:16Z
date copyright2005/07/01
date issued2005
identifier issn0022-4928
identifier otherams-75650.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4218009
description abstractCauses 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.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleA Large-Eddy Simulation Study of Anisotropy in Fair-Weather Cumulus Cloud Fields
typeJournal Paper
journal volume62
journal issue7
journal titleJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences
identifier doi10.1175/JAS3463.1
journal fristpage2155
journal lastpage2171
treeJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;2005:;Volume( 062 ):;issue: 007
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