A Water Vapor Image Feature Related to Severe Thunderstorms

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  • Gary P. Ellrod
چکیده

The 6.7)m channel water vapor (WV) images from GOES have been generally used as a tool for synoptic scale weather analysis since their availability in the early 1980's. However, WV images do have mesoscale applications as well. The availability of hourly WV images starting in late 1987 has permitted the monitoring of changes in mid and upper level moisture in the environment of convective storms. For example, increasing image brightness may be an indication of vertical motion due to an upper level trough or jet streak, resulting in enhanced potential for thunderstorm development (Rodgers and Griffith, 1989). Other mesoscale uses of WV imagery are summarized by Beckman (1987).

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تاریخ انتشار 1998