BORE-ING INTO NOCTURNAL CONVECTION

There has been a recent wave of attention given to atmospheric bores in order to understand how they evolve and initiate and maintain convection during the night. This surge is attributable to data collected during the 2015 Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) field campaign. A salient aspect...

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Published in:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2019-06, Vol.100 (6), p.1103-1124
Main Authors: Haghi, Kevin R., Geerts, Bart, Chipilski, Hristo G., Johnson, Aaron, Degelia, Samuel, Imy, David, Parsons, David B., Adams-Selin, Rebecca D., Turner, David D., Wang, Xuguang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerosols
Aircraft
Algorithms
Atmospheric convection
Boring
Boundary layers
Cavities
Convection
Environmental research
Fluids
Gravitational waves
Methods
Night
Outflow
Plains
Precipitation
Stable boundary layer
Tidal bores
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Summary:There has been a recent wave of attention given to atmospheric bores in order to understand how they evolve and initiate and maintain convection during the night. This surge is attributable to data collected during the 2015 Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) field campaign. A salient aspect of the PECAN project is its focus on using multiple observational platforms to better understand convective outflow boundaries that intrude into the stable boundary layer and induce the development of atmospheric bores. The intent of this article is threefold: 1) to educate the reader on current and future foci of bore research, 2) to present how PECAN observations will facilitate aforementioned research, and 3) to stimulate multidisciplinary collaborative efforts across other closely related fields in an effort to push the limitations of prediction of nocturnal convection.
ISSN:0003-0007
1520-0477
DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0250.1