The response of simulated nocturnal convective systems to a developing low-level jet

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3384-3408

  French, Adam J ^a   Parker, Matthew D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective storms; Jets

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE STORMS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; CURRENT THEORIES; GUST FRONTS; LOW LEVEL JET; MASS FLUX; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; NOCTURNAL COOLING; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; RELATIVE ORIENTATION; SQUALL LINES; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; SURFACE-BASED; WIND SHEARS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; COOLING; GUST; INFLOW; JET STREAM; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SQUALL LINE; STORM; WIND SHEAR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958560104     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3329.1     Document Type: Article

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