Abstract: Rawinsonde data from GATE are composited to examine the environmental similarities and differences between fast-moving (line speed VL > 7 m s?1) and slow-moving VL < 3 m s?1) mesoscale convective cloud lines. Thermodynamic ...

Abstract: The mesoscale thermodynamic, kinematic and reflectivity structure of a rainband observed in Hurricane Irene on 27 September 1981 is presented. Data are from 16 aircraft passes, from 150 to 4700 m MSL through the rainband ...

Abstract: Data from five Doppler radars, the surface mesonet, aircraft, and rawinsondes from the Cooperative Convective Precipitation Experiment (CCOPE) are used to document the structure and evolution of a squall line with unusually ...

Abstract: On 18 January 1987 the three aircraft from the Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment (EMEX) completed a mission designed to identify the mesoscale reflectivity, kinematic, and thermodynamic structure of a convectively active ...

Abstract: The mesoscale thermodynamic, kinematic, and radar structure of a Hurricane Floyd rainband observed on 7 September 1981 is presented. Data are from 26 aircraft passes through the rainband from 150 to 6400 m. A composite ...

Abstract: Photographs of some variform cloud features observed in the inflow sector of an intense thunderstorm that occurred in southeastern Montana on 11 July 1981 are described. Associated meteorological conditions are interpreted ...

Abstract: On 10 October 1983 the two NOAA WP-3D aircraft completed a mission designed to provide airborne Doppler radar data for a convective cell embedded in a weak rainband on the trailing side of Hurricane Raymond. Comparisons ...

Abstract: The tilt with height of the leading edge of seven mesoscale convective lines in GATE is determined by two independent methods. When averaged over time and along the line axis, the tilt is found to he surprisingly shallow, ...