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Structure and maintenance of mesoscale convective systems: A historical overview
Structure and maintenance of mesoscale convective systems: A historical overview
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Wednesday, 1 February 2006: 10:30 AM
Structure and maintenance of mesoscale convective systems: A historical overview
A410 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) represent a form of organized convection including, but not limited to, squall lines, mesoscale convective complexes and bow echoes. MCSs account for a large fraction of warm season precipitation in the Great Plains, and a fair portion of its severe weather. In this talk, I will review our past and present understanding of MCSs, particularly squall lines, with an emphasis on their structure, maintenance and propagation mechanisms.