Retrievals of Convective Detrainment Heights Using Ground-Based Radar Observations.

ABSTRACT: To better constrain model simulations, more observations of convective detrainment heights are needed. For the first time, ground-based S band radar observations are utilized to create a comprehensive view of irreversible convective transport over a 7-year period for the months of May and July across the United States. The radar observations are coupled with a volumetric radar echo classification scheme and a methodology that uses the convective anvil as proxy for convective detrainment to determine the level of maximum detrainment (LMD) for deep moist convection. The LMD height retrievals are subset by month (i.e., May and July), by morphology (i.e., mesoscale convective system, MCS, and quasi-isolated strong convection, QISC), and region (i.e., northcentral, southcentral, northeast, and

SUBMITTER: Starzec M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8098003 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature