Orographic lift in a seemingly flat environment

Huston, Darrell D.

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Orographic lift in a seemingly flat environment

1990
By Huston, Darrell D.
Series: Central Region Technical attachment 90-16

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Personal Author:

Huston, Darrell D.
Corporate Authors:

United States. National Weather Service. Central Region
NOAA Program & Office:

NWS (National Weather Service) ; CR (Central Region)
Description:

Most meteorologists relate orographic lift and thunderstorm intensification with terrain such as the Rockies, Sierras, or Black Hills, and never with the wide open plains. However, flat as they may seem, the Plains have small abrupt changes in elevation that do have an effect on convective weather.
Keywords:

Convection (Meteorology)
Series:

Central Region Technical attachment 90-16
Document Type:

Technical Attachment
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Public domain
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urn:sha256:9b698e6866372f3209e157c50e2b9bf334798fc71dfe2367813b08ac14728a56
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/33839/noaa_33839_DS1.pdf
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