Processes driving deep convection over complex terrain: A multi-scale analysis of observations from COPS IOP 9c

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 137-155

  Corsmeier, U ^a   Kalthoff, N ^a   Barthlott, C ^a   Aoshima, F ^b   Behrendt, A ^b   Di Girolamo, P ^c   Dorninger, M ^d   Handwerker, J ^a   Kottmeier, C ^a   Mahlke, H ^a   Mobbs, S D ^e   Norton, E G ^f   Wickert, J ^g   Wulfmeyer, V ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convection initiation; Convective precipitation; Forced lifting; Gust front; Multi scale observations; Scale dependency

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION INITIATION; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; FORCED LIFTING; GUST FRONTS; MULTISCALES; SCALE DEPENDENCY;

CLOUDS; NATURAL CONVECTION; THUNDERSTORMS;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COLD FRONT; COMPLEX TERRAIN; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; GUST; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THUNDERSTORM; WIND FORCING;

FRANCE; RHINE VALLEY;

EID: 79951903111     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.754     Document Type: Article

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