Relationship Between Tropopause Height and Severe Thunderstorm Tops

Darrah, Roy P.

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Relationship Between Tropopause Height and Severe Thunderstorm Tops

1976
By Darrah, Roy P.
Series: Eastern Region technical attachment (National Weather Service (U.S.)) 76-26

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Personal Author:

Darrah, Roy P.
Corporate Authors:

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

NWS (National Weather Service) ; ER (Eastern Region)
Description:

One of the radar criteria now in use in the NWS for identifying severe thunderstorms is a tropopause penetration of 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) or more. Considerable research has been recently undertaken by universities and research laboratories resulting in data showing large tropopause penetrations and sustained storm tops in hail storms but rapid top decreases associated with tornado production. This note examines the relationship between radar tops, tropopause heights, and severe weather events as derived from NWS data collected during 1968.
Keywords:

Radar Meteorology Thunderstorms Tropopause Radar Meteorology
Series:

Eastern Region technical attachment (National Weather Service (U.S.)) 76-26
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pdf
Document Type:

Technical Attachment
Place as Subject:

East (U.S.)
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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Submitted
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