Abstract
The dynamics of thermal updrafts and compensating environmental downdrafts in the convective boundary layer are examined using observations from the Phoenix 78 field experiment. Separate vertical velocity budgets are presented for thermal updrafts and environmental downdrafts. These two budgets show the existence of qualitative differences in the forcing of the two legs of the convective circulations. -Author
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2039-2049 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1988 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atmospheric Science