A numerical study of the evolving convective boundary layer and orographic circulation around the santa catalina mountains in Arizona. Part II: Interaction with deep convection

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3603-3622

  Demko, J Cory ^a   Geerts, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEEP CONVECTION; DOPPLER; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FREE TROPOSPHERE; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; MODEL OUTPUTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OROGRAPHIC CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY; SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA; SURFACE FLOW; SURFACE HEATING; THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUDS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SOLENOIDS; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CUMULUS; DOPPLER RADAR; HEATING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; MOISTURE FLUX; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRAIN;

ARIZONA; SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CUPIDO;

EID: 77958456210     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3318.1     Document Type: Article

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