Microphysical and thermodynamic structure and evolution of the trailing stratiform regions of mesoscale convective systems during BAMEX. Part I: Observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1165-1185

  Smith, Andrea M ^a   McFarquhar, Greg M ^a   Rauber, Robert M ^a   Grim, Joseph A ^a,c   Timlin, Michael S ^a   Jewett, Brian F ^a   Jorgensen, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOW ECHOES; CONVECTIVE VORTICES; FLIGHT PATTERNS; GROUND BASED RADAR; JET AXIS; MELTING LAYERS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; OPTICAL ARRAY PROBES; RAIN REGION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SATURATED CONDITIONS; STRONG CORRELATION; THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURES; TOPDOWN; TOTAL NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSITION ZONES;

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MELTING; RAIN; THERMODYNAMICS; TOOLS;

STORMS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EVAPORATION; JET FLOW; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFORM CLOUD; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

EID: 68249153488     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2504.1     Document Type: Article

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