A sensitivity of squall-line intensity to environmental static stability under various shear and moisture conditions

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 374-389

  Takemi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloud dynamics; Cloud modeling; Convective instability; Precipitating cloud systems; Squall lines

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; WIND EFFECTS;

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRECIPITABLE WATER CONTENT; SQUALL LINES; WIND SHEAR;

THUNDERSTORMS;

CLIMATIC REGION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SQUALL LINE; WATER CONTENT; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 34248402064     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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