Thunderstorms with Snow: A Comprehensive, Empirical Study of Their Occurrence, Development and Structure.
A comprehensive, empirical study was undertaken to outline the characteristics of thunderstorms with snow. Occurrences are documented over a 17 year period (1971-87) and related to the development of mid-latitude cyclones. Emphasis is placed on the role of cold air motion as an integral part of the...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Other Authors: | |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
1987
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA185929 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA185929 |
id |
ftdtic:ADA185929 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdtic:ADA185929 2023-05-15T16:37:42+02:00 Thunderstorms with Snow: A Comprehensive, Empirical Study of Their Occurrence, Development and Structure. Elkins, Harold A AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH 1987-01 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA185929 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA185929 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA185929 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Atmospheric Physics Meteorology Snow Ice and Permafrost *SNOW *THUNDERSTORMS *CLOUD PHYSICS AIR CYCLONES LIFE CYCLES LOW TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC MOTION TEMPERATE REGIONS ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY AIR FLOW THESES Midlatitude cyclones *Snowstorms Cold air *Atmospheric models Text 1987 ftdtic 2016-02-19T10:27:38Z A comprehensive, empirical study was undertaken to outline the characteristics of thunderstorms with snow. Occurrences are documented over a 17 year period (1971-87) and related to the development of mid-latitude cyclones. Emphasis is placed on the role of cold air motion as an integral part of the cyclone life cycle. Data indicates a cyclonic and anticyclonic tendency of the air depending on the stage of development. It also suggests the occlusion may not contain warm sector air. In order to understand the electrification process in a snowstorm the cloud physical microscale precipitation processes are analyzed. These are quantified and related back to the synoptic scale. From this, a conceptual model is created illustrating the structure of a thunderstorm with snow and is used to discuss the possible development. Text Ice permafrost Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database |
op_collection_id |
ftdtic |
language |
English |
topic |
Atmospheric Physics Meteorology Snow Ice and Permafrost *SNOW *THUNDERSTORMS *CLOUD PHYSICS AIR CYCLONES LIFE CYCLES LOW TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC MOTION TEMPERATE REGIONS ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY AIR FLOW THESES Midlatitude cyclones *Snowstorms Cold air *Atmospheric models |
spellingShingle |
Atmospheric Physics Meteorology Snow Ice and Permafrost *SNOW *THUNDERSTORMS *CLOUD PHYSICS AIR CYCLONES LIFE CYCLES LOW TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC MOTION TEMPERATE REGIONS ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY AIR FLOW THESES Midlatitude cyclones *Snowstorms Cold air *Atmospheric models Elkins, Harold A Thunderstorms with Snow: A Comprehensive, Empirical Study of Their Occurrence, Development and Structure. |
topic_facet |
Atmospheric Physics Meteorology Snow Ice and Permafrost *SNOW *THUNDERSTORMS *CLOUD PHYSICS AIR CYCLONES LIFE CYCLES LOW TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC MOTION TEMPERATE REGIONS ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY AIR FLOW THESES Midlatitude cyclones *Snowstorms Cold air *Atmospheric models |
description |
A comprehensive, empirical study was undertaken to outline the characteristics of thunderstorms with snow. Occurrences are documented over a 17 year period (1971-87) and related to the development of mid-latitude cyclones. Emphasis is placed on the role of cold air motion as an integral part of the cyclone life cycle. Data indicates a cyclonic and anticyclonic tendency of the air depending on the stage of development. It also suggests the occlusion may not contain warm sector air. In order to understand the electrification process in a snowstorm the cloud physical microscale precipitation processes are analyzed. These are quantified and related back to the synoptic scale. From this, a conceptual model is created illustrating the structure of a thunderstorm with snow and is used to discuss the possible development. |
author2 |
AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH |
format |
Text |
author |
Elkins, Harold A |
author_facet |
Elkins, Harold A |
author_sort |
Elkins, Harold A |
title |
Thunderstorms with Snow: A Comprehensive, Empirical Study of Their Occurrence, Development and Structure. |
title_short |
Thunderstorms with Snow: A Comprehensive, Empirical Study of Their Occurrence, Development and Structure. |
title_full |
Thunderstorms with Snow: A Comprehensive, Empirical Study of Their Occurrence, Development and Structure. |
title_fullStr |
Thunderstorms with Snow: A Comprehensive, Empirical Study of Their Occurrence, Development and Structure. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Thunderstorms with Snow: A Comprehensive, Empirical Study of Their Occurrence, Development and Structure. |
title_sort |
thunderstorms with snow: a comprehensive, empirical study of their occurrence, development and structure. |
publishDate |
1987 |
url |
http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA185929 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA185929 |
genre |
Ice permafrost |
genre_facet |
Ice permafrost |
op_source |
DTIC AND NTIS |
op_relation |
http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA185929 |
op_rights |
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE |
_version_ |
1766027998203478016 |