Is a cold pool necessary for the maintenance of a squall line produced by a cold front aloft?

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-115

  Stoelinga, Mark T ^a   Locatelli, John D ^a   Schwartz, Ralph D ^a   Hobbs, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STORMS;

COLD FRONT ALOFT (CFA);

WEATHER MODIFICATION;

COLD AIR; COLD FRONT; CYCLONE; SEVERE WEATHER; SIMULATION; SQUALL LINE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042304148     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0095:IACPNF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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