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Letters to the Editor

Comments on “Mesoscale cellular convection: is it convection?”

Pages 487-488 | Received 02 Apr 1985, Published online: 15 Dec 2016
 

Abstract

Fiedler (1985) demonstrates the inadequacy of three convective instability theories in explaining the large aspect ratio of mesoscale cellular convection (MCC). As an alternative explanation, he suggests mesoscale entrainment instability (MEI), an instability resulting from the entrainment fluxes at the top of the mixed layer.