Numerical simulations of the postsunrise reorganization of a nocturnal mesoscale convective system during 13 june IHOP_2002

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2988-3011

  Trier, Stanley B ^a   Marsham, John H ^b   Davis, Christopher A ^a   Ahijevych, David A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection lines; Mesoscale systems; Numerical analysis modeling; Squall lines

Indexed keywords

COLD POOL; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HORIZONTAL MOTION; LATENT COOLING; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODELS; OKLAHOMA; RAINBANDS; SQUALL LINES; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE HEATING; SURFACE-BASED; UPWARD MOTION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; WATER VAPOR;

STORMS;

COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE MOTION; MIXING RATIO; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINBAND; SQUALL LINE; UPDRAFT; WATER VAPOR;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855846924     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0112.1     Document Type: Article

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