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Stability and Charging Characteristics of the Comma Head Region of Continental Winter Cyclones

This paper presents analyses of the finescale structure of convection in the comma head of two continental winter cyclones and a 16-storm climatology analyzing the distribution of lightning within the comma head. A case study of a deep cyclone is presented illustrating how upper-tropospheric dry air...

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Published in:Journal of the atmospheric sciences 2014-05, Vol.71 (5), p.1559-1582
Main Authors: Rauber, Robert M, Wegman, Joseph, Plummer, David M, Rosenow, Andrew A, Peterson, Melissa, McFarquhar, Greg M, Jewett, Brian F, Leon, David, Market, Patrick S, Knupp, Kevin R
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Aircraft
Case studies
Cells
Charging
Climatology
Clouds
Cold
Convection
Convective available potential energy
Convective cells
Cyclones
Dry air
Drying
Elevated
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Ice
Ice particles
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Lightning
Lightning flashes
Meteorology
Potential energy
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Storms
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Supercooled water
Thunderstorms
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Winter
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