Summary of convective storm initiaiton and evolution during IHOP: Observational and modeling perspective

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-47

  Wilson, James W ^a   Roberts, Rita D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE STORM INITIATION; ELEVATED INITIATION EPISODES; GUST FRONTS; INITIATION EPISODES; SURFACE-BASED CONVERGENCE LINES; WIND ANALYSIS;

HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WIND EFFECTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MODELING; STORM;

EID: 33644759621     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3069.1     Document Type: Article

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