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Use of mobile measurements to investigate frontal structures in Mississippi



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  • Journal Title:
    Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
  • Personal Author:
    White, Loren
  • NOAA Program & Office:
    NCAS (Center for Atmospheric Science at Howard University)
  • Description:
    Two cases of differently oriented frontal systems within Mississippi are investigated using data from a mobile vehicle-mounted observing system in addition to standard atmospheric data sources. Results highlight the capability of the mobile system to diagnose thermodynamic features at a wide range of spatial scales. Widely recognized frontal characteristics are noted in the data, together with some variations. Variations include a lack of strong relationship between frontal position and rainfall bands when examined at small scales. In one case a seemingly anomalous narrow band of significantly lower humidity was identified within about 20 km of the front. These results are indicative of the need for multi-scale data sources and for careful consideration of departures from classical models of phenomena for specific cases.
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  • Source:
    Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 65(2)
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
  • Place as Subject:
    Mississippi
  • Rights Information:
    Other
  • Compliance:
    Submitted
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:c76ed4e3333cce5df5c2e47c78b11553c1e001fbd944f7b31bc7144f6257b02b
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