Mesoscale Convective Systems

William R. Cotton; George Bryan; Susan C. van den Heever

doi:10.1016/S0074-6142(10)09915-8

Mesoscale Convective Systems

William R. Cotton, George Bryan, Susan C. van den Heever

Dynamical and Physical Meteorology

Colorado State University

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Abstract

Chapter 9 discusses the dynamics of precipitating mesoscale systems, including tropical and mid-latitude squall lines, tropical and mid-latitude cloud clusters including mesoscale convective complexes, mesoscale convective vortices, and genesis of tropical cyclones.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	455-526
Number of pages	72
Journal	International Geophysics
Volume	99
Issue number	C
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-6142(10)09915-8
State	Published - 2011

Keywords

Mesoscale convective systems
Mesoscale convective vorticies
Squall lines

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