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Kinematic, dynamic, and thermodynamic impacts of hook-echo hydrometeors, including explorations into the utilization of polarimetric radar data.
(2002)
The role hook-echo hydrometeors play in driving RFDs is investigated by estimating hook-echo hydrometeor types and amounts from polarimetric radar data and by using that information to drive a relatively simple downdraft ...
Prediction of cloud-to-ground lightning in the western United States.
(2002)
This dissertation focuses specifically on identifying the thermodynamic environment and forcing mechanisms across the western United States that create precipitation systems with lightning. The majority of these convective ...
Dynamic adjustment in an idealized numerically-simulated bow echo.
(2002)
While the large-scale atmosphere is governed by relatively simple dynamic balance relations that describe the mutual adjustment between the mass and wind fields (e.g., hydrostatic and geostrophic balances), no simple ...