UNIWIPP: a University of Illinois field experiment to investigate the structure of mesoscale precipitation in winter storms

M. K. Ramamurthy, R. M. Rauber, B. P. Collins, M. T. Shields, P. C. Kennedy, W. L. Clark

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Abstract

The observing systems included a 10-cm wavelength meteorological Doppler radar operated by the Illinois State Water Survey, the Flatland 6-m wind profiler operated by the NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory, and an NCAR Cross-chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System. In all, 26 storms were observed during the 3-year period. The associated precipitation ranged from highly convective storms in the warm sector to stratified clouds containing organized banded structure within the occlusion. The principle dynamical mechanisms at work often varied widely from one storm to another and sometimes within a storm. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)764-776
Number of pages13
JournalBulletin - American Meteorological Society
Volume72
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1991

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atmospheric Science

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