The role of convective outflow in the Waldo Canyon fire

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3061-3080

  Johnson, Richard H ^a   Schumacher, Russ S ^a   Ruppert Jr , James H ^a   Lindsey, Daniel T ^a   Ruthford, Julia E ^b   Kriederman, Lisa ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b National Weather Service   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THUNDERSTORMS;

CONVECTIVE CELL; DRY CONDITION; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; MESOSCALE FEATURES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; RAPID INTENSIFICATION; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

FIRES;

EID: 84906872106     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00361.1     Document Type: Article

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