A study of mesoscale convective bands behind cold fronts. Part I: Mesoscale organization
Abstract This paper reports observations made over the North Atlantic of a system of convective cloud bands found within the cold air behind an occluded front. The observations were made from an instrumented aircraft which additionally released a pattern of dropsondes, measuring temperature, relativ...
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crwiley:10.1002/qj.49711046310 2024-06-02T08:11:19+00:00 A study of mesoscale convective bands behind cold fronts. Part I: Mesoscale organization Bennetts, D. A. Ryder, P. 1984 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.49711046310 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fqj.49711046310 https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/qj.49711046310 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society volume 110, issue 463, page 121-145 ISSN 0035-9009 1477-870X journal-article 1984 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49711046310 2024-05-03T11:22:37Z Abstract This paper reports observations made over the North Atlantic of a system of convective cloud bands found within the cold air behind an occluded front. The observations were made from an instrumented aircraft which additionally released a pattern of dropsondes, measuring temperature, relative humidity and wind, as functions of pressure. These data are analysed to establish some of the mesoscale, cloud‐scale and microphysical properties of the system. Here, in part I, the mesoscale structure is described and compared with the predictions of various theoretical models. The convective cloud structure emerges as a consequence of the mesoscale organization but appears to play only a minor role in its creation and maintenance. One of the theoretical models considered, conditional symmetric instability, provides a piausible explanation of the mesoscale observations. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Wiley Online Library Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 110 463 121 145 |
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Abstract This paper reports observations made over the North Atlantic of a system of convective cloud bands found within the cold air behind an occluded front. The observations were made from an instrumented aircraft which additionally released a pattern of dropsondes, measuring temperature, relative humidity and wind, as functions of pressure. These data are analysed to establish some of the mesoscale, cloud‐scale and microphysical properties of the system. Here, in part I, the mesoscale structure is described and compared with the predictions of various theoretical models. The convective cloud structure emerges as a consequence of the mesoscale organization but appears to play only a minor role in its creation and maintenance. One of the theoretical models considered, conditional symmetric instability, provides a piausible explanation of the mesoscale observations. |
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Bennetts, D. A. Ryder, P. A study of mesoscale convective bands behind cold fronts. Part I: Mesoscale organization |
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A study of mesoscale convective bands behind cold fronts. Part I: Mesoscale organization |
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A study of mesoscale convective bands behind cold fronts. Part I: Mesoscale organization |
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A study of mesoscale convective bands behind cold fronts. Part I: Mesoscale organization |
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