Convective storm structures and ambient conditions associated with severe weather over the northeast United States

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 940-956

  Lombardo, Kelly A ^a   Colle, Brian A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal meteorology; Convective clouds; North America; Severe storms; Summer warm season

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CELLULAR EVENTS; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; COASTAL REGIONS; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; CONVECTIVE STORMS; LEADING EDGE; LINEAR STRUCTURES; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; NONLINEAR STRUCTURE; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO RIVER VALLEY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; RHODE ISLAND; SEVERE STORMS; SEVERE WEATHER; SUMMER/WARM SEASON; SURFACE TROUGH; WARM SEASONS; WIND EVENTS;

COASTAL ZONES; LINEAR SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TORNADOES;

STORMS;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COASTAL ZONE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; FRONTOGENESIS; HAIL; INSTABILITY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SEVERE WEATHER; STORM; WIND;

CONNECTICUT; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857296030     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00002.1     Document Type: Article

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