Impact of environmental variations on simulated squall lines interacting with terrain

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3163-3183

  Letkewicz, Casey E ^a   Parker, Matthew D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud parameterizations; Convective storms; Orographic effects; Squall lines; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; APPALACHIANS; COLD POOL; COMPLEX EVOLUTIONS; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; CONVECTIVE STORMS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS; FIRST-ORDER; GUST FRONTS; MEAN-WINDS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; NONCROSSING; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT; PARAMETERIZATIONS; SIMILAR PATTERN; SQUALL LINES; STRONG CONVECTIONS; SYSTEM MAINTENANCE; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VERTICAL WIND; WIND PROFILES;

DIFFUSION BARRIERS; LANDFORMS; THERMODYNAMICS;

STORMS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; COOLING; GUST; LEE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; OUTFLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; SQUALL LINE; TERRAIN; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 81355141538     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011MWR3635.1     Document Type: Article

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