Bow echo sensitivity to ambient moisture and cold pool strength

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 950-964

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

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; MOISTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VAPORS;

BOW ECHO SENSITIVITY; BOW ECHO STRUCTURE; CELL-SCALE THREE-DIMENSIONALITY; COLD POOL STRENGTH; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COLD POOL;

EID: 33646255247     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3109.1     Document Type: Article

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