A comparison of tropical and midlatitude thunderstorm evolution in response to wind shear

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2385-2401

  Wissmeier, Ulrike ^a   Goler, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATIVE COOLING; GUST FRONTS; ICE CONTENT; LIQUID WATER; MIDLATITUDES; NUMERICAL MODELS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; STORM DEPTH; STORM FORECASTING; SUPER CELL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS; TROPICAL STORMS; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WATER LOADING; WIND SHEARS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUOYANCY; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; LIQUIDS; THUNDERSTORMS; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TROPICS;

GUST; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND SHEAR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349292683     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2963.1     Document Type: Article

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