Simulation of a serial upstream-propagating mesoscale convective system event over Southeastern South America using composite initial conditions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2144-2163

  Anabor, Vagner ^a   Stensrud, David J ^b   de Moraes, Osvaldo L L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD POOL; COMPLEX INTERACTION; CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFTS; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; LARGE REGIONS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; UPSTREAM PROPAGATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW SIMULATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; WAVES;

STORMS;

COLD POOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350337823     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2617.1     Document Type: Article

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