Impacts of moisture profile on the evolution and organization of midlatitude squall lines under various shear conditions

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 37-54

  Takemi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloud modeling; Cold pool shear interaction; Mesoscale convective systems; Moisture impact; Squall lines

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND STRESS;

COLD-POOL-SHEAR INTERACTION; MIDLATITUDE SQUALL LINES; MOISTURE IMPACT;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SQUALL LINE;

EID: 33749151205     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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