Articles | Volume 21, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9289-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9289-2021
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17 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 17 Jun 2021

A large-eddy simulation study of deep-convection initiation through the collision of two sea-breeze fronts

Shizuo Fu, Richard Rotunno, Jinghua Chen, Xin Deng, and Huiwen Xue

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