Abstract: A climatological study of mesoscale convective complexes (MCCs) during 1983?1985 over the western Pacific region (WPR), using full-disc, enhanced infrared satellite imagery from the Japanese Geostationary Meteorological ...

Abstract: During the early morning of 2 August 1978, a stationary thunderstorm complex drenched the Balcones Escarpment of Texas and unleashed flash floods in the Hill Country which killed 27 people and produced extensive damage. ...

Abstract: A generalized set of conventions for facilitating analysis of mesoscale boundaries is proposed, and an example of the utility of the new conventions is presented.

Abstract: A parameterization formulation for incorporating the effects of midlatitude deep convection into mesoscale-numerical models is presented. The formulation is based on the hypothesis that the buoyant energy available to a ...

Abstract: A 20-level, three-dimensional, primitive equation model with 20 km horizontal resolution is used to predict the development of convectively driven mesoscale pressure systems. Systems produced by the model have life histories ...

Abstract: Seven years of autumnal (September?November) precipitation data are examined to determine the characteristics of lake-effect precipitation downwind of Lake Erie. Atmospheric conditions for each lake-effect event are compiled ...

Abstract: A general framework for the trigger function used in convective parameterization routines in mesoscale models is proposed. The framework is based on the diagnosis of the accessibility of potential buoyant energy. Specifically, ...

Abstract: In an attempt to determine the relative contribution of the direct incorporation of cold air (detrainment from overshooting convective cloud tops) to the production of mesohighs in the vicinity of the tropopause, two ...

Abstract: High-resolution visible imagery for the eastern GOES satellite is used to document a convectively driven mesoscale weather system which propagates against the mean atmospheric flow and produces an apparent spiraling anvil outflow.

Abstract: A long-lived mesoscale convectively-generated vortex (MCV) associated with a mesoscale convective complex (MCC) is documented. The MCV, with a Rossby number of approximately 0.5, is investigated as a feature intrinsic to ...