The variable nature of convection in the tropics and subtropics: A legacy of 16 years of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite

RA Houze Jr, KL Rasmussen, MD Zuluaga… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
For over 16 years, the Precipitation Radar of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
(TRMM) satellite detected the three‐dimensional structure of significantly precipitating …

The Anatomy and Physics of Z DR Columns: Investigating a Polarimetric Radar Signature with a Spectral Bin Microphysical Model

MR Kumjian, AP Khain, N Benmoshe… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
Polarimetric radar observations of deep convective storms frequently reveal columnar
enhancements of differential reflectivity Z DR. Such “Z DR columns” can extend upward …

Microphysical characteristics of the coexisting frontal and warm‐sector heavy rainfall in South China

B Han, Y Du, C Wu, X Liu - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inland frontal heavy rainfall (FR) and coastal warm‐sector heavy rainfall (WR) are two typical
types of precipitation in South China during the pre‐summer rainy season. FR and WR are …

[HTML][HTML] Microphysical characteristics of overshooting convection from polarimetric radar observations

CR Homeyer, MR Kumjian - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
The authors present observations of the microphysical characteristics of deep convection
that overshoots the altitude of the extratropical tropopause from analysis of the polarimetric …

[HTML][HTML] Kinematics and microphysics of convection in the outer rainband of Typhoon Nida (2016) revealed by polarimetric radar

D Wu, K Zhao, MR Kumjian, X Chen… - Monthly Weather …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Kinematics and Microphysics of Convection in the Outer Rainband of Typhoon Nida (2016)
Revealed by Polarimetric Radar in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 146 Issue 7 (2018) Jump …

Statistical characteristics of convective clouds over the Western Ghats derived from weather radar observations

B Utsav, SM Deshpande, SK Das… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
X‐band radar observations at Mandhardev (18.04° N, 73.85° E) are used to investigate
statistics of convective clouds over the Western Ghats during monsoon season (June …

[HTML][HTML] The kinematic and microphysical characteristics and associated precipitation efficiency of subtropical convection during SoWMEX/TiMREX

WY Chang, WC Lee, YC Liou - Monthly Weather Review, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Kinematic and Microphysical Characteristics and Associated Precipitation Efficiency of
Subtropical Convection during SoWMEX/TiMREX in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 143 Issue …

A climatology of mesoscale convective systems in northwest Mexico during the North American monsoon

O Ramos-Pérez, DK Adams, CA Ochoa-Moya… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCS) may vary greatly with respect to their morphology,
propagation mechanism, intensity, and under which synoptic-scale conditions as a function …

A high-resolution unified observational data product of mesoscale convective systems and isolated deep convection in the United States for 2004–2017

J Li, Z Feng, Y Qian, LR Leung - Earth System Science Data …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
Deep convection possesses markedly distinct properties at different spatiotemporal scales.
We present an original high-resolution (4 km, hourly) unified data product of mesoscale …

Microphysical characteristics of MJO convection over the Indian Ocean during DYNAMO

AK Rowe, RA Houze Jr - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The microphysical characteristics of precipitating convection occurring in various stages of
the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO) over the Indian Ocean are determined from data …