Interactions between a developing mesoscale convective system and its environment. Part I: Observational analysis

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1205-1224

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

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033912978     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1205:IBADMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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