Environmental distinctions between cellular and slabular convective lines

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2669-2691

  James, Richard P ^a   Fritsch, J Michael ^a   Markowski, Paul M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WIND;

COMPRESSIBLE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS;

METEOROLOGY;

CONVECTION; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 27144435182     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3002.1     Document Type: Article

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