A tropical squall line observed during TOGA COARE: Extended comparisons between simulations and Doppler radar data and the role of midlevel wind shear

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3709-3730

  Montmerle, Thibaut ^a,b,c,d   Lafore, Jean Philippe ^b,c   Redelsperger, Jean Luc ^b,c  

^a Ctr d'Etud Environnements T   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; SQUALL LINE; TOGA-COARE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 0034528280     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<3709:ATSLOD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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