AbstractsBiology & Animal Science
A model of convection with entrainment and precipitation.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Meteorology. |
| Degree: | PhD |
| Year: | 1964 |
| Keywords: | Meteorology.; Rain and rainfall.; Clouds. |
| Record ID: | 1583135 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile116687.pdf |
Abstract
A jet madel of cumulus is studied assuming steadystate conditions and horizontally uniform cross-sections of cloud and environment. Numerical solutions, assuming an entrainment rate inversely proportional to cloud radius, show that for a given ambient lapse rate the cloud thickness depends mainly on (i) mass flux at cloud base and (ii) relative humidity in lower levels. [...]
