Analysis of a Progressive Derecho Climatology and Associated Formation Environments
Analysis of a Progressive Derecho Climatology and Associated Formation Environments
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渐进式 Derecho 气候学和相关形成环境的分析
DOI:
10.1175/mwr-d-15-0256.1
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
L. Bosart
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作者:
C. Guastini;L. Bosart
AbstractA 1996–2013 May–August U.S. progressive derecho climatology existing entirely within the modern radar era is constructed identifying 256 derecho events over the 18-yr span. A corridor of enhanced derecho activity in agreement with previous derecho studies stretches from southern Minnesota to the border of Ohio and West Virginia with a marked decrease east of the Appalachian Mountains. A secondary maximum in progressive derecho activity exists in Kansas and Oklahoma. Analyses of derecho frequency by month of the warm season indicate a northward shift in frequency through July and an increase in derecho frequency through the first half of the warm season followed by a large decrease in August.The 256 identified derecho events are divided subjectively into seven distinct categories based on the synoptic environments in which they form. While the prevailing “northwest flow” conceptual model is upheld as the dominant progressive derecho synoptic category, the common occurrence of warm-season progressiv...