Combination of mesoscale and synoptic mechanisms for triggering an isolated thunderstorm: Observational case study of CSIP IOP 1

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3728-3749

  Morcrette, Cyril J ^a,d   Lean, Humphrey ^a   Browning, Keith ^a   Nicol, John ^a   Roberts, Nigel ^a   Clark, Peter ^a   Russell, Andrew ^b   Blyth, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIRFLOW; ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM; LIGHT SHOWERS; TROPOPAUSE;

THUNDERSTORMS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODELING; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THUNDERSTORM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

RHIS;

EID: 36749017996     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2067.1     Document Type: Article

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