The dependence of storm longevity on the pattern of deep convection initiation in a low-shear environment

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3125-3138

  Houston, Adam L ^a   Wilhelmson, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective storms; Convective scale processes; Mesoscale processes; Mesoscale systems

Indexed keywords

AIRMASS BOUNDARIES; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CLOUD-RESOLVING SIMULATION; COLD AIR; COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE CELL; CONVECTIVE STORMS; CONVECTIVE-SCALE PROCESSES; DEEP CONVECTION; GUST FRONTS; HORIZONTAL FLUXES; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE PROCESS; QUASI-LINEAR; VERTICAL SHEAR;

CELLS; LAKES; NATURAL CONVECTION;

STORMS;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COLD AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GUST; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; STORM;

EID: 81355134962     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-10-05036.1     Document Type: Article

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