Does wind shear cause hydrometeor size sorting?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 340-348

  Dawson, Daniel T ^a   Mansell, Edward R ^b   Kumjian, Matthew R ^c  

^a Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution; Precipitation; Supercells; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; KINEMATICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STORMS;

DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RELATIVE ORIENTATION; SUPER CELL; SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WIND SHEARS;

SHEAR FLOW;

CORRELATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REFLECTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM; WIND FIELD; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84920586030     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0084.1     Document Type: Article

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