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Severe Convective Storms--An Overview. Part 1 -- John Monteverdi Part 2 -- Kathryn Saussy. Severe Convective Storms -- An Overview. Doswell, C.A. III, 2001: Severe convective storms -- An overview. Severe Convective Storms, Meteor. Monogr., 28, no. 50, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1-26.
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Severe Convective Storms--An Overview Part 1 -- John Monteverdi Part 2 -- Kathryn Saussy
Severe Convective Storms -- An Overview • Doswell, C.A. III, 2001: Severe convective storms -- An overview. Severe Convective Storms, Meteor. Monogr., 28, no. 50, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1-26.
Severe Convective Storms -- An Overview • February 1, 2006 (Monteverdi) -- Segue from Previous Courses (pp. 1-12) • February 8, 2006 (Saussy) -- Severe Convection -- New Material (pp. 13-23)
Severe Convective Storms -- An Overview • Basic Concepts of Deep Moist Convection (DMC) • Buoyancy -- Relation to CAPE and the Vertical Equation of Motion
Severe Convective Storms -- An Overview • From Metr 201, 401, 402 and 403 the buoyancy equation is obtained by substitution of the equation of state into the vertical equation of motion (below).
Severe Convective Storms -- An Overview • CAPE is a measure of the buoyant acceleration experienced by an air parcel integrated from the LFC to the EL
Severe Convective Storms -- An Overview Review LCL, LFC, EL, CT, CCL
Severe Convective Storms -- An Overview • Review -- The Cell as a Building Block in Organized Convective Systems
Severe Convective Storms -- An Overview • Revising a concept -- air parcel vs convective bubble
Severe Convective Storms -- An Overview • Revising a concept -- air parcel vs convective bubble • Modes of convection beyond single cell • linear and globular (squall lines and MCSs -- outflows joining) • Supercells (single cell outflow) • More on above in future classes. Segue to Kathryn