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Comments on ‘Cloud‐resolving model simulations of multiply‐banded frontal clouds’ by M. Pizzamei, S. L. Gray and K. A. Browning (October A, 2005, 131 , 2617–2637)
Author(s) -
Schultz David M.
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.1256/qj.05.241a
Subject(s) - storm , meteorology , gray (unit) , mesoscale meteorology , winter storm , citation , library science , cloud physics , cloud computing , computer science , geography , operating system , medicine , radiology
Pizzamei et al. (2005; hereafter P05) perform an idealized modelling study to examine possible mechanisms for observed cases of stacked slantwise convective circulations, one of which is presented by Browning et al. (2001; hereafter B01). I argue in these comments that the results from P05’s model simulations do not resemble B01’s observed case by virtue of the initial conditions of the front and related formulations used in their idealized modelling experiments. By extension, I also argue that their model simulation does not represent other cases of banded frontal circulations.