Variability of convective structure and lightning activity in tropical easterly waves

26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 142-143

  Petersen, Walter A ^a   Boccippio, Dennis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE STRUCTURES; ECHO COVERAGE; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; TROPICAL EASTERLY WAVES (TEW);

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEATING; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RAIN;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 3042836659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Boccippio, D. J., W. A. Petersen, and D. J. Cecil, 2004: The tropical convective spectrum: 1. Archetypical vertical structures. J. Climate, submitted.
2. Petersen, W. A., R. Cifelli, D. Boccippio, S. Rutledge and C. Fairall, 2003: Convection and easterly wave structure observed in the eastern Pacific warm-pool during EPIC-2001. J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 1754-1773.
3. Xu, K.-M., and D. Randall, 2001: Explicit simulation of cumulus ensembles with the GATE phase III data: Budgets of a composite easterly wave. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 127, 1571-1592.