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Atmospheric structure and variability in areas of convective storms determined from 3-h rawinsonde data
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Scoggins, J. R. Wilson, G. S. |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Description | The structure and variability of the atmosphere in areas of radar-observed convection were established by using 3-h rawinsonde and surface data from NASA's second Atmospheric Variability Experiment. Convective activity was shown to exist in areas where the low and middle troposphere is moist and the air is potentially and convectively unstable and has upward motion, in combination with positive moisture advection, at either the surface or within the boundary layer. The large variability of the parameters associated with convective storms over time intervals less than 12 h was also demonstrated so as to possibly produce a change in the probability of convective activity by a factor of 8 or more in 3 h. Between 30 and 60 percent of the total changes in parameters associated with convective activity over a 12-h period were shown to take place during a 3-h period. These large changes in parameters are related to subsynoptic-scale systems that often produce convective storms. |
| File Size | 5638843 |
| Page Count | 129 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19760013686 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0vq7qj47 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1976-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Convection Currents Atmospheric Circulation Meteorological Radar Vertical Air Currents Storms Meteorology Weather Forecasting Rawinsondes Synoptic Meteorology Atmospheric Moisture Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
