Basic convective element: bubble or plume? A historical review

During the 1950s and 1960s, when intensive investigations on atmospheric moist convection were launched, two possibilities were identified for the basic element of moist convection: bubble and plume. The present paper reviews the investigations of this period, and suggests how the mass-flux convecti...

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Main Author: J.-I. Yano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-07-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/7019/2014/acp-14-7019-2014.pdf