Response of simulated squall lines to low-level cooling

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1323-1341

  Parker, Matthew D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DRAG REDUCTION; DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANISMS; METEOROLOGY; STORMS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); APPLIED (CO); COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS (CS); EVOLUTION (CO); INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTENSE (CO); LITMUS TEST; LOW-LEVEL JET (LLJ); NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SIMULATED STORMS; SIMULATED SYSTEMS; SQUALL LINES; SYSTEM MOTION; UNITED STATES;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; COOLING; INFLOW; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; SQUALL LINE; TROPOSPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45849125794     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2507.1     Document Type: Article

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