Structure and evolution of the 22 February 1993 TOGA COARE squall line: Organization mechanisms inferred from numerical simulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 386-407

  Trier, Stanley B ^a   Skamarock, William C ^a   Lemone, Margaret A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SHEAR FLOW; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIND STRESS;

MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; STORM INDUCED SUBCLOUD COLD POOL; THREE DIMENSIONAL BOW SHAPED STRUCTURE; WIND SHEAR;

TROPICS;

EID: 0031069331     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0386:SAEOTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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