The spatial and temporal distribution of organized convective structures over the Northeast and their ambient conditions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4456-4474

  Lombardo, Kelly A ^a   Colle, Brian A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Convection; Convection lines; Convective storms; Radar radar observations; Summer warm season

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; CONVECTION LINES; CONVECTIVE STORMS; RADAR/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SUMMER/WARM SEASON;

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; RADAR; STORMS;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL PLAIN; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER RADAR; FRONTOGENESIS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WARM FRONT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651073562     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3463.1     Document Type: Article

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