Showing papers on "Convective available potential energy published in 1988"
01 Jan 1988
TL;DR: In this paper, a brief review of cloud thermodynamics, radiative processes, the role of entrainment, and descriptions of fogs, cumulus and stratocumulus clouds are provided.
Abstract: Clouds can form at the top of mixed layers, and at the bottom of stable boundary layers. The amount and distribution of short and long-wave radiative flux divergence in the boundary layer are altered by clouds, and these effects are emerging as important aspects of the climate-change problem. In addition, the radiative effects combine with latent heating to modulate BL dynamics, turbulence generation, and evolution. This chapter provides a brief review of cloud thermodynamics, radiative processes, the role of entrainment, and descriptions of fogs, cumulus and stratocumulus clouds.
67 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, Liny's formula for eddy viscosity in the presence of purely convective instability is extended by including both the buoyancy and inertial contributions to the turbulence energy in a slantwise convection of moist symmetric instability.
Abstract: Liny's formula for eddy viscosity in the presence of purely convective instability is extended by including both the buoyancy and inertial contributions to the turbulence energy in a slantwise convection of moist symmetric instability (MSI). When convective available potential energy is small or not observed but MSI is strong for a frontal rainband, a large value of eddy viscosity is estimated from the extended formula.
5 citations