Multiscale convective overturning in mesoscale convective systems: Reconciling observations, simulations, and theory

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2254-2273

  Kain, John S ^a,b   Fritsch, J Michael ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OVERTURN;

EID: 0032450079     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2254:MCOIMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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