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Convective Systems 2 Weather Systems Fall 2015 Outline Bow Echoes Derechos and Mesoscale Convective Vortices Previously We looked at the effects that cold pools and vertical wind shear can have on the tilt intensity and structure of squall lines. Christopher D. McCray. Lyndon State . College. Christopher . Melick. 1,2. , . William . Bunting. 1. ,. Israel . Jirak. 1. , . Patrick . Marsh. 1. , . Andrew . Dean. 1. , . Ariel . Cohen. 1. , . Jared . Stephen Rodriguez, Jr.. National Weather Service Chicago, IL. Introduction. Brief background.. Purpose of Study.. Synoptic background and forcing mechanisms.. Synoptic/. Mesoscale. features: Moisture, Forcing, Instability.. Packet#1. What is meant by “Mountain Meteorology”?. http://www.ils.unc.edu/parkproject/webcam/webcam.html. ATMS 373- Mountain Meteorology. Outline. Introduction. Topics. Literature search. http://www.ils.unc.edu/parkproject/webcam/webcam.html. Bjerknes. Memorial Lecture, AGU, San Francisco, 4 December 2012. Robert Houze. University of Washington. A personal story of three great field campaigns and the evolution of meteorological satellites . . Banding in Two East Coast Snowstorms. Adam Frumkin. Outline . Motivation. Introduction and Background. Objectives/Methods. Introduction to the Two Cases. Results. Conclusions. Motivation. Snowfall rates in mesoscale snowbands can exceed 4in/h. Convective Systems. book sources. :. Markowski. and Richardson (2009), chapter . 10. Houze 1993: . Cloud Dynamics. , chapter . 9. MCS comet modules:. MCSs: squall lines and bow echoes . (. unnarrated. Kristen . Lani. Rasmussen. Robert A. Houze, Jr. ., Anil Kumar. 2013 Mesoscale Processes, Portland, OR . 9 August 2013. Convective . “. h. ot spots. ”. occur near major mountain ranges (. Zipser. Robert A. Houze, Jr.. University of Washington. with: K. L. Rasmussen, M. D. Zuluaga, and S. R. Brodzik. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria 17 April 2015 . The TRMM Satellite. http://www.ucar.edu/communications/factsheets/Tornadoes.html. Packet#3. Interesting things happen at the . boundaries. , or at the . interface. …. Land, water (coastline). ATMS 316- Mesoscale Meteorology. David E. Jahn. WESEP594. Fall . 2013. Wind Energy Science Engineering and Policy (WESEP) Program. Iowa State University. Background. With continued increase in wind power integration as part of the US electric grid, wind variability is of concern.. mesoscale. structure and cloudiness transitions. Robert Wood,. . University of Washington. with help and data from Louise Leahy (UW), Matt . Lebsock. (JPL), Irina . Sandu. (ECMWF). Photo: . Mingxi. moist . baroclinic. waves. : . Preliminary work. Y. . Qiang. Sun & . Fuqing. Zhang. Penn State University. Group meeting 12/11, 2013. Why do we Care ?. Although the synoptic-scale evolution of the . Opportunities for . Mesoscale. Science. 1. science.energy.gov/. bes. /news-and-resources/reports/basic-research-needs/. John Sarrao. George Crabtree. Co-chairs. BESAC subcommittee . on . Mesoscale. Science. Intercomparison. of state-of-the-art . models. Bjarke Tobias Olsen (. btol@dtu.dk. ). Andrea . N. Hahmann. Anna Maria . Sempreviva. Jake Badger. Hans E. Jørgensen. Introduction. Objective. Question.