Case Study of a Hailstorm in Colorado. Part III: Airflow From Triple-Doppler Measurements
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- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Vol. 40 (3) , 686-707
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1983)040<0686:csoahi>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Triple-Doppler measurements are presented for a hailstorm of moderate intensity that occurred over the High plains of northeastern Colorado, and an airflow model is synthesized. The storm had a number of persistent features similar to previous descriptions of supercells. However, its evolution is shown to be intermediate in a certain sense between classical multicell and supercell models. A new model based on the Doppler observations, termed “weak evolution,” emphasizes gradual changes in the structure of a long-lived updraft. The new airflow model explains the periodic echo intensifications noted for this storm, and seems to apply well to other storms discussed in the literature.Keywords
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