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Some Aspects of Convection in Meteorology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

R. S. Lindzen*
Affiliation:
Center for Earth and Planetary Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Abstract

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Various aspects of convection in meteorology which may have some relevance for astrophysics are discussed. In particular the role of convection in determining the gross thermal structure of the atmosphere, the treatment of convective turbulence in the boundary layer, and the larger scale organization of convection are dealt with.

Type
III. Observational Aspects
Copyright
Copyright © 1976

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