Precipitation Structure of Mesoscale Convective Systems

被称为中尺度对流系统（MCSs）的雷暴的收集已被证明对理解广泛的气象现象是重要的。MCSs带来了有利的范围和恶劣的天气，被认为是大气中热量和水分重新分配的重要管道。首席研究员将继续研究mcs的动力结构以及这些结构与降水产生和更大尺度环境的关系。这项观测研究将包括先前在中纬度地区（俄克拉何马-堪萨斯风暴初步区域实验）和热带地区（全球大气研究计划大西洋热带实验）举行的实地项目的数据。

Collection of thunderstorms know as mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) have been shown to be important to the understanding of a wide range of meteorological phenomena. MCSs bring beneficial range as well as severe weather and are believed to be important conduits for the redistribution of heat and moisture in the atmosphere. The Principal Investigator will continue her studies of the dynamical structures of MCSs and the relationship of these structures to precipitation production and to the larger-scale environment. This observational study will include data from previously held field programs in the mid-latitudes (Oklahoma-Kansas Preliminary Regional Experiment for STORM) and the tropics (Global Atmospheric Research Program Atlantic Tropical Experiment).