TY - JOUR
T1 - Cloud-environment interface instability. Part II
T2 - extension to three spatial dimensions
AU - Grabowski, W. W.
AU - Clark, T. L.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - It is shown that the analytical theory developed in Part I, which describes the evolution of the laminar interface between the thermal and its environment, applies to the three-dimensional case with only minor modifications. As in the two-dimensional case, the scale selection and growth rate of the unstable modes appear to depend upon the depth and velocity change across the shear layer near the interface, which is in rough agreement with classical linear theory developed for the case of planar geometry. Analysis is presented that indicates further evolution of the three-dimensional eddies results in a transition to turbulence. -from Authors
AB - It is shown that the analytical theory developed in Part I, which describes the evolution of the laminar interface between the thermal and its environment, applies to the three-dimensional case with only minor modifications. As in the two-dimensional case, the scale selection and growth rate of the unstable modes appear to depend upon the depth and velocity change across the shear layer near the interface, which is in rough agreement with classical linear theory developed for the case of planar geometry. Analysis is presented that indicates further evolution of the three-dimensional eddies results in a transition to turbulence. -from Authors
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0027382549
U2 - 10.1175/1520-0469(1993)050<0555:CEIIPI>2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1175/1520-0469(1993)050<0555:CEIIPI>2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027382549
SN - 0022-4928
VL - 50
SP - 555
EP - 573
JO - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
JF - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
IS - 4
ER -