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The cellular structure of narrow cold‐frontal rainbands
Author(s) -
Hobbs Peter V.,
Biswas Kumud R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49710544516
Subject(s) - mesoscale meteorology , cold front , ellipse , front (military) , geology , geometry , radar , precipitation , meteorology , geodesy , climatology , geography , mathematics , computer science , telecommunications , oceanography
The heaviest precipitation in narrow rainbands situated along surface cold fronts has been observed on radar PPI displays to be organized into regularly spaced small mesoscale elements having shapes which are roughly elliptical. The long axes of the ellipses are essentially parallel to each other and oriented at an angle of about 35° to the front.