Open AccessUse of satellite imagery to diagnose events leading to frontal thunderstorms: Part II of a case study
Author(s) -
Browning K A,
Roberts N M
Publication year - 1995
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.5060020102
Subject(s) - thunderstorm , mesoscale meteorology , meteorology , satellite , geology , convection , satellite imagery , climatology , cold front , environmental science , remote sensing , geography , physics , astronomy
Convective and mesoscale processes can be diagnosed in some detail by careful scrutiny of high‐resolution satellite imagery. An example is presented in which lines of convergence within warm, moist, low‐level air created a series of very straight rope‐like clouds whose smooth texture, as seen by polar orbiting satellite imagery, indicated that they were capped by a stable lid. The moist air deepened with time until the lid was penetrated and deep convection was observed to break out. The rope‐like clouds occurred near the leading edge of a so‐called dry intrusion and they are believed to have been associated with the kind of multiple cold frontal structure often encountered in such regions.