The bow echo and MCV experiment: Observations and opportunities

Christopher A. Davis; Nolan Atkins; Diana Bartels; Lance Bosart; Michael Coniglio; George Bryan; William Cotton; David Dowell; Brian Jewett; Robert Johns; David Jorgensen; Jason Knievel; Kevin Knupp; Wen Chau Lee; Gregory McFarquhar; James Moore; Ron Przybylinski; Robert Rauber; Bradley Smull; Robert Trapp; Stanley Trier; Roger Wakimoto; Morris Weisman; Conrad Ziegler

doi:10.1175/BAMS-85-8-1075

The bow echo and MCV experiment: Observations and opportunities

Christopher A. Davis
, Nolan Atkins
, Diana Bartels
, Lance Bosart
, Michael Coniglio
, George Bryan
, William Cotton
, David Dowell
, Brian Jewett
, Robert Johns
, David Jorgensen
, Jason Knievel
, Kevin Knupp
, Wen Chau Lee
, Gregory McFarquhar
, James Moore
, Ron Przybylinski
, Robert Rauber
, Bradley Smull
, Robert Trapp

Stanley Trier, Roger Wakimoto, Morris Weisman, Conrad Ziegler

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The Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment (BAMEX) was initiated to sample MCs capable of producing damaging surface winds and capable of producing long-lived MCVs, as well as to observe mesoscale convective surfaces (MCSs) in their mature state relatively devoid of convection. New procedures were implemented regarding the deployment of multiple observing facilities in and near MCSs. The system-following strategy and high mobility of the observing platforms allowed to cover a large domain, sampling MCSs in different geographical regions and in different environments. Data from the study provide valuable information for the verification of mesoscale and cloud-system resolving models.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1075-1093
Number of pages	19
Journal	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume	85
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-85-8-1075
State	Published - Aug 2004

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Davis, C. A., Atkins, N., Bartels, D., Bosart, L., Coniglio, M., Bryan, G., Cotton, W., Dowell, D., Jewett, B., Johns, R., Jorgensen, D., Knievel, J., Knupp, K., Lee, W. C., McFarquhar, G., Moore, J., Przybylinski, R., Rauber, R., Smull, B., ... Ziegler, C. (2004). The bow echo and MCV experiment: Observations and opportunities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 85(8), 1075-1093. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-85-8-1075

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