Influences of moist convection on a cold-season outbreak of clear-air turbulence (CAT)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2477-2496

  Trier, Stanley B ^a   Sharman, Robert D ^a   Lane, Todd P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deep convection; Turbulence; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

CLEAR AIR; CLEAR-AIR TURBULENCES; COLD SEASON; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; DEEP CONVECTION; FLOW PERTURBATIONS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; MOIST CONVECTION; PRIMARY CLUSTERS; SATELLITE DATA; SUBGRID TURBULENCE; SYNOPTIC CYCLONES; VERTICAL SHEAR; WIND SHEARS;

GRAVITY WAVES; STORMS; TURBULENCE;

SHEAR FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COLD AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVE; JET; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; TURBULENCE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND SHEAR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862890437     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00353.1     Document Type: Article

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