Upscale evolution of MCSs: Doppler radar analysis and analytical investigation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1083-1110

  Mcanelly, Ray L ^a   Nachamkin, Jason E ^a   Cotton, William R ^a   Nicholls, Melville E ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; DOPPLER RADAR; HEAT CONVECTION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL CYCLING;

MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 0031165433     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1083:UEOMDR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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