Influence of the wind profile on the initiation of convection in mountainous terrain

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 224-235

  Hagen, Martin ^a   Van Baelen, Joël ^b   Richard, Evelyne ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

COPS; Froude number; Orography; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPE; CONVECTIVE CELL; COPS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; OROGRAPHY; SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS; THERMALLY DRIVEN; WEATHER RADAR; WEATHER RADARS; WIND PROFILES;

LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR;

FROUDE NUMBER;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER RADAR; FROUDE NUMBER; LEE WAVE; OROGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND PROFILE;

FRANCE; RHINE VALLEY; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE];

EID: 79951862285     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.784     Document Type: Article

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