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DNS of a Radiatively Driven Cloud-Top Mixing Layer as a Model for Stratocumulus Clouds

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Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation IX

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The marine planetary boundary layer topped by stratocumulus clouds (STBL) is key for the planetary radiation balance [5]. In its simplest configuration the STBL consists of a lower moist boundary layer which is topped by a dry and warm free atmosphere. The top of the STBL is populated by stratocumulus clouds that emit long wave radiation, cooling the moist boundary layer. Radiative cooling is thought to be the main source of turbulent energy for the STBL.

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany

    A. de Lózar & J. P. Mellado

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  1. Institut für Strömungsmechanik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Jochen Fröhlich

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Hans Kuerten

  3. Faculty EEMCS, Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Bernard J. Geurts

  4. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    Vincenzo Armenio

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de Lózar, A., Mellado, J.P. (2015). DNS of a Radiatively Driven Cloud-Top Mixing Layer as a Model for Stratocumulus Clouds. In: Fröhlich, J., Kuerten, H., Geurts, B., Armenio, V. (eds) Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation IX. ERCOFTAC Series, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14448-1_53

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