A Single Doppler Radar Study of Horizontal-Roll Convection in a Lake-Effect Snow Storm.
Abstract
The boundary-layer structure and circulation over Lake Michigan were probed with a Doppler radar and an aircraft during a lake-effect snow storm on 9 December 1978. Evidence is presented that observed wind-parallel echo bands and satellite cloud bands resulted from horizontal-roll convection in the boundary layer. The organization of precipitation within the roll field is discussed, and the roll geometry is compared with cases of dry horizontal-roll convection reported in the literature.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Pub Date:
- July 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1175/1520-0469(1982)039<1521:ASDRSO>2.0.CO;2
- Bibcode:
- 1982JAtS...39.1521K