The life cycle of convective-shower cells under post-frontal conditions

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 633 B, 2008, Pages 841-857

  Weusthoff, Tanja ^a   Hauf, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convection; Precipitation; Radar; Tracking

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYTOLOGY; DISSOLUTION; ECOLOGY; MERGING; RADAR; RADIO; GROWTH (MATERIALS); LIFE CYCLE; TRACKING RADAR;

CELL MERGING; CLUSTER GROWTH; CONTINUOUS TRACKING; CONVECTION; CONVECTION CELLS; FRONTAL PRECIPITATION; GROWTH MODELING; PRECIPITATION; RADAR DATA; RADAR NETWORKS; SINGLE CELLS; SPATIAL STRUCTURING; TEMPORAL EVOLUTIONS; TIME PERIODS; TRACKING; TRACKING ALGORITHMS; UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES; CLUSTER GROWTHS; CLUSTER TYPES; CLUSTERS GROW; FRONTAL PRECIPITATIONS; GROWTH MODELS; RADAR DATUMS; SPATIAL STRUCTURES; WEATHER SERVICES;

LIFE CYCLE; RADAR TRACKING;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TRACKING; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 48649094125     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.260     Document Type: Article

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