Convective and stratiform microphysics and dynamics

Courtney Schumacher for Brian’s mesoscale class

First tropical radar bright band

Murty et al. (1965)

African squall line evolution

Chong et al. (1987)

African squall line (mature stage)

Chong et al. (1987)

African squall line x-sect

Chong et al. (1987)

Messy stratiform rain over East Atlantic

Schumacher and Houze (2006)

MCS life cycle

Leary and Houze (1979a)

MCS area and rain contributions

Churchill and Houze (1984)

Convective reflectivity profiles

Zipser and Lutz (1994)

Convective w profiles

Houze (1989)

Stratiform reflectivity and w profiles

Chong et al. (1987)

Squall line dynamics

Zipser (1977)

Stratiform microphysical growth processes

Leary and Houze (1979b)

MCS water budget

Gamache and Houze (1983)

Divergence profiles

Mapes and Houze (1993)

Latent heating profiles

Schumacher et al. (2004)

Summary

Houze (1997)