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A two-dimensional numerical model is used to study the influence of small non-precipitating clouds on horizontal roll vortices in the planetary boundary layer. The model explicitly represents the large-scale two-dimensional motions whilst small-scale eddies are parameterized by a buoyancy dependent mixing-length hypothesis. It is applied to conditions corresponding to an observed case of cloud street formation.
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Mason, P.J. A numerical study of cloud streets in the planetary boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 32, 281–304 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121884
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