Open AccessUse of satellite imagery to diagnose events leading to frontal thunderstorms: Part I of a case study
Author(s) -
Browning K A,
Roberts N M
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
meteorological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1469-8080
pISSN - 1350-4827
DOI - 10.1002/met.5060010401
Subject(s) - thunderstorm , mesoscale meteorology , cold front , meteorology , satellite imagery , satellite , front (military) , climatology , environmental science , computer science , geology , geography , aerospace engineering , engineering
This paper presents a case study to illustrate the value of water vapour and other satellite imagery, when used in conjunction with a conceptual model, to help the forecaster identify deficiencies in numerical model forecast guidance and to diagnose what is happening on the mesoscale. The specific application discussed is the triggering of frontal thunderstorms by the pattern of overrunning and ascent associated with an upper‐level vortex in the vicinity of a trailing cold front.