Secondary initiation of multiple bands of cumulonimbus over southern Britain. II: Dynamics of sencondary initiation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 617, 2006, Pages 1053-1072

  Marsham, J H ^a   Parker, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold pool; Convection; Gravity wave

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; GRAVITY WAVES; RAIN; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

COLD POOL; CONVECTION; CUMULONIMBUS;

METEOROLOGY;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULONIMBUS; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746218768     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.152     Document Type: Article

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