Forecasting the maintenance of mesoscale convective systems crossing the appalachian mountains

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1179-1195

  Letkewicz, Casey E ^a   Parker, Matthew D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Forecasting; Mesoscale systems; Mountain meteorology

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; DISCRIMINATORY POWER; DIURNAL CYCLE; KINEMATIC VARIABLES; MEAN-WINDS; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; NONCROSSING; RADIOSONDE DATAS; SEVERE WEATHER; TROPOSPHERIC WINDS; VECTOR MAGNITUDE;

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; MAINTENANCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STORMS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN; RADIOSONDE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 77955586508     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222379.1     Document Type: Article

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