Idealized Large-Eddy Simulations of Stratocumulus Advecting over Cold Water. Part I: Boundary Layer Decoupling - Zheng, Youtong; Zhang, Haipeng; Rosenfeld, Daniel; Lee, Seoung-Soo; Su, Tianning; Li, Zhanqing (Journal of the atmospheric sciences, 2021)
Keywords: Advection; Atmospheric models; Boundary layer; Boundary layers; Buoyancy; Buoyancy flux; Climate change; Clouds; Cold; Cold water; Convection; Convective circulation; Cooling; Cooling rate; Cumulus clouds; Decks; Decoupling; Downdraft; Entrainment; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Fog; Heat exchange; Homogeneity; Large eddy simulation; Large eddy simulations; Mathematical models; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Mimicry; Moisture effects; Numerical models; Oceanic eddies; Physics; Radiative cooling; Sea surface; Sea surface temperature; Stratocumulus clouds; Sunlight; Surface cooling; Surface temperature; Temperature; Temperature inversion; Temperature inversions; Thermodynamics; Turbulence; Updraft; Vortices; Water; Water temperature