The West African Squall Line Observed on 23 June 1981 during COPT 81: Kinematics and Thermodynamics of the Convective Region
The West African Squall Line Observed on 23 June 1981 during COPT 81: Kinematics and Thermodynamics of the Convective Region
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1981 年 6 月 23 日 COPT 81 期间观测到的西非飑线:对流区域的运动学和热力学
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1988
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F. Roux
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F. Roux
Abstract The squall line observed during the night of 23-24 June 1981 was one of the most intense events during the COPT 81 (COnvection Profonde Tropicale) experiment, conducted in May and June 1981 at Korhogo in the northern Ivory Coast by French and Ivorian research institutes. The presquall environment possessed a very large convective instability with a stable layer in the lowest levels. The presence of dry air in the midlevels, which promoted the development of convective downdrafts, and the unusually low altitude of the strong easterly winds, which aided the development of a leading anvil above 6 km, are two noteworthy characteristics of the environment of this squall line. Its mesoscale structure, as deducted from radar data, is similar to that previously observed for tropical squall lines. Convective updrafts and downdraft occur in the leading heavy precipitation region (convective region) and a mesoscale updraft and downdraft is found within and below the trailing mid-to upper-level anvil clouds,...