Abstract: The evolution of precipitation fields associated with several mesoscale convective complexes (MCCs) has been inferred from radar reflectivity data. In almost all cases examined, including those described in the literature, ...

Abstract: A variety of meso-?-scale (20?200 km, <6 h) temporal and spatial characteristics associated with the life-cycle of the meso-α-scale (200?2000 km, >6 h) convective complex (MCC) are described. The analysis is based on a ...

Abstract: The mesoscale convective complex (MCC) is a common and particularly well-organized class of meso- it persists and becomes increasingly dominant as convective activity subsides during the latter stages of the life cycle. ...

Abstract: Dual-Doppler radar, surface mesonet, satellite, and upper-air sounding data from the 1985 Preliminary Regional Experiment for STORM-Central field experiment are used to analyze the early growth stages of a mesoscale ...

Abstract: In some mesoscale convective complexes (MCCs) the convective regions assume a configuration that resembles a frontal wave, while in other systems the configuration is not classifiable. We examined the evolution of the ...

Abstract: This paper is the first in a two part series in which the interactions between a growing mesoscale convective system (MCS) and its surrounding environment are investigated. The system studied here developed in northeastern ...

Abstract: An eight-day episode in August 1977 is described, wherein 14 mesoscale convective complexes (MCCs) developed in the central United States, including one to the immediate Ice of the Rocky Mountains on each day of the episode. ...

Abstract: The development of two small mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) in northeastern Colorado is investigated via dual-Doppler radar analysis. The first system developed from several initially isolated cumulonimbi, which ...

Abstract: Using data collected during Colorado State University's South Park Area Cumulus Experiment in 1977, a sequence of multi-scale convective events leading to the formation of a mesoscale convective complex is described. In ...

Abstract: A composite analysis technique is used to investigate the evolution of mesoscale features of mesoscale convective complexes (MCCs). The early stage of the MCC lifecycle is characterized by convergence, vertical motion and ...