An observational study of multiple cloud head structure in the FASTEX IOP 16 cyclone

2002/07/01 by Nigel Roberts, Richard Forbes · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Precipitation Measurement and Analysis #Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations #Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

paper · pdf · doi:10.1006/asle.2002.0048

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Abstract

Abstract Radar, dropsonde, aircraft and satellite data obtained during a FASTEX intensive observing period are combined to give a unique description of multiple cloud heads in a rapidly developing mid‐latitude cyclone. The cloud heads are shown to be associated with stacked slantwise frontal circulations with ascent rates of around 10 cm/s. Copyright © 2002 Royal Meteorological Society.

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