The increase of spatial data resolution for the detection of the initiation of convection. A case study from CSIP

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-198

  Khodayar, Samiro ^a   Kalthoff, Norbert ^a   Wickert, Jens ^b   Corsmeier, Ulrich ^a   Morcrette, Cyril J ^c   Kottmeier, Christoph ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b German Research Centre for Geosciences GeoForschungsZ entrum Potsdam (GFZ )   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; CONVECTION INHIBITIONS; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE CELL; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DATA SETS; DEEP CONVECTION; DYNAMIC VARIABLES; ENGLAND; MARITIME CLIMATE; NEAR-SURFACE; RADIOSONDE DATAS; SPATIAL DATA RESOLUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STABLE LAYER; SYNERGETIC EFFECT; SYNOPTIC STATION; TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE; WATER VAPOUR;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; RADIOSONDES; STORMS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AIRCRAFT DETECTION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; DETECTION METHOD; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952627040     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2010/0439     Document Type: Article

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