Relationship between system slope and updraft intensity in squall lines

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3572-3578

  Parker, Matthew D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD POOL; GRADIENT ACCELERATION; LINE INTENSITIES; OPTIMAL STATE; SQUALL LINES; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

LAKES;

STORMS;

BUOYANCY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PERTURBATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SQUALL LINE; UPDRAFT; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 77958464389     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3441.1     Document Type: Article

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