Observations of the development of convection through a series of stable layers during the Convective Storm Initiation Project

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 637, 2008, Pages 2079-2091

  Bennett, Lindsay J ^a   Blyth, Alan M ^a   Browning, Keith A ^a   Norton, Emily G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layer humidity; Buoyancy; Convective initiation; Cumulus clouds; Lids; Thermals

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; PHOTOTRANSISTORS; RADAR;

BOUNDARY-LAYER HUMIDITY; CONVECTIVE INITIATION; CUMULUS CLOUDS; LIDS; THERMALS;

CLOUDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; CONDENSATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CUMULUS; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WIND PROFILE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58049215519     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.344     Document Type: Article

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