Data · dataset · 2026
The role of boundary layer convergence zones and horizontal rolls in the initiation of thunderstorms: A Case Study
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
The initiation of thunderstorms is examined through a combined observational and modeling case study.
Description
The study is based on Doppler radar, aircraft, mesonet, balloon sounding, and profiler and photographic data from the Convection Initiation and Downburst Experiment (CINDE) conducted near Denver, Colorado. The study examines the initiation of a line of thunderstorms that developed along a preexisting, quasi-stationary boundary-layer convergence line on 17 July 1987.
The storms were triggered at the intersection of the convergence line with horizontal rolls where enhanced updrafts were present.
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- Publisher page n2t.org/ark:/85065/d73n2369 ↗
documentation · download · from data ucar edu
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- data.ucar.edu /dataset/the-role-of-boundary-layer-convergence-zones-and-horiz… ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
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Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=9082d4f4-7cab-447d-adc0-12ffd564b… ↗
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Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 73%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
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