Publication Date:
2019-08-28
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A Doppler-radar-based case study of a monsoonal rainband (MRB) observed on the evening of January 12, 1990 near Darwin, Austrialia, is presented. Convective and mesoscale circulation features of this system are elucidated. The structure of the MRB is similar to the conceptual model of Houze (1989). The convergence profiles observed in the stratiform region differed considerably from the classical Houze model. Divergence and not convergence existed at heights of 3-6 km. It is suggested that in the MRB stratiform region, consistent with the observed rearward advection of decaying convective cells, the observed mesoscale updraft/downdraft configuration is a result of decaying convection and not a separately evolving mesoscale process.
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METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
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In: International Conference on Radar Meteorology, 25th, Paris, France, June 24-28, 1991, Preprints (A93-37626 15-47); p. 674-677.
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