Observations of the relationship between 700-mb temperatures and severe weather reports across the contiguous United States

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 799-814

  Bunkers, Matthew J ^a   Wetenkamp Jr , John R ^a   Schild, Jeffrey J ^a   Fischer, Anthony ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective storms; Severe storms; Storm environment; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CAPPING INVERSION; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DEEP MOIST CONVECTION; ENVIRONMENT TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; MIXED LAYER; RULE OF THUMB; SEVERE STORMS; SEVERE WEATHER; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

STORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; SEVERE WEATHER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955542915     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WAF2222333.1     Document Type: Article

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