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Predictability of Mesoscale Convective Systems in Two- and Three-Dimensional Models
(2008)
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) are a dominant climatological feature of the central United States and are responsible for a substantial fraction of warm season rainfall. Yet, very little is known about the predictability ...
Automated classification of rainfall systems using statistical characterization.
(2003)
A general, completely automated procedure for classifying rainfall systems is developed. The technique is flexible and universally applicable, in that any rainfall system can be classified regardless of size, location, ...
A Regional Modeling Study Of Climate Change Impacts On Warm-Season Precipitation In The U.S.
(2009)
Changes in the character of precipitation have already been observed over much of the United States. In a warming climate, the impacts of these changes will likely be felt most strongly through changes in the intensity and ...
Tropical climate stability, Hadley circulation, and deep cumulus convection: Vital synergism on a wet planet.
(2000)
Important features of the proposed formulation for precipitating deep turbulent clouds include the ability to calculate precipitation efficiencies, a new postulation relating cumulus buoyancy to solar radiation, and the ...
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 ...
A geotechniques-based exploratory investigation of vog impacts to the environmental system on Hawai'i island.
(2001)
Hawai'i Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and surrounding regions on Hawai'i Hawai'i Island were chosen for the research site because the basaltic volcanism taking place is significant, and relevant data concerning many ...
On use of the anelastic vertical vorticity equation in dual-Doppler analyses of the vertical velocity field.
(2001)
The potential for applying the anelastic vertical vorticity equation for dual-Doppler synthesis of the vertical wind field is explored. In particular, application of the vorticity equation as a weak variational constraint ...
Optical observations of lightning by the FORTE satellite: Terrestrial ground truth and implications for the interpretation of Jovian lightning data.
(2001)
Lightning and storm electrification have been studied from many different viewpoints and with many different instruments. The myriad of viewpoints and instruments often see the results or effects of different processes ...
High resolution simulations of the microphysics and electrification in hurricane-like vortices over warm ocean and at landfall.
(2007)
Cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning bursts in the eyewall of mature tropical cyclones (TCs) are believed to be good indicators of imminent intensification of these systems. While numerous well-documented observational cases ...
The impact of Oklahoma's winter wheat belt on the mesoscale environment.
(2003)
The research documented in this manuscript demonstrates that Oklahoma's winter wheat belt has a significant impact on the near-surface, mesoscale environment during growth and after harvest. Differences in near-surface ...