The influence of convective thermal forcing on the three-dimensional circulation around squall lines

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-45

  Pandya, Rajul E ^a,c   Durran, Dale R ^b   Weisman, Morris L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; COOLING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THERMAL LOAD;

CONVECTIVE THERMAL FORCING; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; SQUALL LINES; THREE DIMENSIONAL CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SQUALL LINE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0034068175     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0029:TIOCTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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