The association of the elevated mixed layer with significant severe weather events in the northeastern United States

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1082-1102

  Banacos, Peter C ^a   Ekster, Michael L ^b  

^a Weather Forecast Office   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Derecho; Mixed layer; Severe storms; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

CAPPING INVERSION; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DERECHO; EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS; LAPSE RATE; MIXED LAYER; SEVERE STORMS; SEVERE WEATHER; SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS; SOURCE REGION; THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; WARM SEASONS;

ADVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TORNADOES; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

STORMS;

ADVECTION; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CLIMATOLOGY; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MIXED LAYER; SEVERE WEATHER; SQUALL LINE; STORM; THERMODYNAMICS; TORNADO; TRAJECTORY; WESTERLY;

GREAT PLAINS; INTERMOUNTAIN WEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955582597     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222363.1     Document Type: Article

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