Lightning location characteristics and vertical structure analysis of isolated storm cells in the TOGA COARE region /
(VPRR) were constructed; these profiles were compared with
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | (VPRR) were constructed; these profiles were compared with 994). Lapse rates of non-lightning cells significantly amount of lightning flashes and characteristics of VPRRs was analyzed. Mean vertical profiles of radar reflectivity and mid latitude continental storms. Reflectivity lapse between lightning producing storm cells, and non-lightning cell VPRRs were associated with lower reflectivity lapse characteristics of lightning locations with respect to radar circle around the Vickers research vessel. Radar dBZ contour) with a peak at 37 dBZ, but avoiding the highest direction finders within the study area, a 150 kilometer examined. It was found that lightning and non-lightning storm exceeded lapse rates from other cells in different tropical flash counts. It was found that lightning flashes tended to flashes associated with TOGA COARE storm cells were examined. found for non-lightning storms. Lightning storms had gradients higher than 3 dBZ/km at 2 and 5 kilometers, which is the likely position of an updraft-downdraft interface. Isolated storm cells from four days during TOGA COARE were lightning and non-lightning storms. A connection between the lightning storm cells was 3.32 dBZ/km versus the 4.33 dBZ/km occur in the convective region (the region enclosed by the 30 oceanic regimes. One hundred fifty-three flashes were detected by three other VPRRs from other tropical oceanic storms, and tropical Previous studies have investigated the difference in producing cells over the tropical oceans. The rates than ever previously been found for tropical oceanic rates were found to be effective in discriminating between reflectivities and reflectivity gradients were compared to reflectivity lapse rates similar to 3.5 dBZ/km lapse rate of reflectivity values. Flashes often occurred in reflectivity reflectivity were also examined. Lightning characteristics of storms. Reflectivity lapse rate of the mean profiles of structure between continental and oceanic storms, and that has investigated the differences in vertical structure tropical continental storms studied by Zipser and Lutz (I tropical versus mid-latitude storms. This is the first study |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Meteorology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 82 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |