Some References on Storm Dynamics

METR 4433

Mesoscale Meteorology

 

Davies, J. M., and R. H. Johns, 1993: Some wind and instability parameters associated with strong and violent tornadoes. 1. Wind shear and helicity., The Tornado, Its Structure, Dynamics, Prediction and Hazards. Geophys. Monogr. Amer. Geophys. Union, 573-582.

*Davies-Jones, R. P., 1984: Streamwise vorticity: The origin of updraft rotation in supercell storms. J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 2991-3006.

Davies-Jones, R. P., and H. Brooks, 1993: Mesocyclogenesis from a theoretical perspective. In: C.R. Church (Editor), The Tornado: Its Structure, Dynamics, Prediction, and Hazards. Amer. Geophys. Union Press, 105-114.

Droegemeier, K. K., S. M. Lazarus, and R. P. Davies-Jones, 1993: The influence of helicity on numerically simulated convective storms. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 2005-2029.

*Fovell, R. G., and P.-H. Tan, 1998: The Temporal Behavior of Numerically Simulated Multicell-Type Storms. Part II: The Convective Cell Life Cycle and Cell Regeneration. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 551-577.

Klemp, J. B., 1987: Dynamics of tornadic thunderstorms. Annul Rev. Fluid. Mech., 19, 369-402.

*Klemp, J. B., and R. Rotunno, 1983: A study of the tornadic region within a supercell thunderstorm. J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 359-377.

Klemp, J. B., and R. B. Wilhelmson, 1978: Simulations of right- and left-moving thunderstorms produced through storm splitting. J. Atmos. Sci., 35, 1097-1110.

*Lafore, J.-P., and M. W. Moncrieff, 1989: A numerical investigation of the organization and interaction of the convective and stratiform regions of tropical squall lines. J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 52-1544.

Lafore, J.-P., and M. W. Moncrieff, 1990: Reply to Comments on "A numerical investigation of the organization and interaction of the convective and stratiform regions of tropical squall lines". J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 1034-1035.

*Lin, Y.-L., R. L. Deal, and M. S. Kulie, 1998: Mechanisms of cell regeneration, development, and propagation within a two-dimensional multicell storm. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 1867-1886.

Rotunno, R., 1981: On the evolution of thunderstorm rotation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 109, 171-180.

*Rotunno, R., 1986: Tornadoes and tornadogenesis. In: P. Ray (Editor), Mesoscale Meteorology and Forecasting. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 414-436.

Rotunno, R., 1993: Supercell thunderstorm modeling and theory. The Tornado: Its Structure, Dynamics, Hazards, and Prediction, Geophys. Monogr., No. 79. Amer. Geophys. Union, 57-73, .

*Rotunno, R., and J. B. Klemp, 1982: The influence of shear-induced pressure gradient on thunderstorm motion. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 136-151.

*Rotunno, R., and J. B. Klemp, 1985: On the rotation and propagation of simulated supercell thunderstorms. J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 271-292.

Rotunno, R., J. B. Klemp, and M. Weisman, 1990: Comment on "A numerical investigation of the organization and interaction of the convective and stratiform regions of tropical squall lines". J. Atmos. Sci., 47, .

*Rotunno, R., J. B. Klemp, and M. L. Weisman, 1988: A theory for strong long-lived squall lines. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 463-485.

Thorpe, A. J., M. J. Miller, and M. W. Moncreiff, 1980: Dynamical model of two-dimensional downdraughts. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 106, 463-484.

*Thorpe, A. J., M. J. Miller, and M. W. Moncrieff, 1982: Two-dimensional convection in non-constant shear: A model of midlatitude squall lines. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 108, 739-762.

Weisman, M. L., 1992: The role of convectively generated rear-inflow jets in the evolution of long-lived mesoconvective systems. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 1826-1847.

Weisman, M. L., 1993: The genesis of severe long-lived bow-echoes. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 645-670.

*Weisman, M. L., and J. B. Klemp, 1982: The dependence of numerically simulated convective storms on vertical wind shear and buoyancy. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 504-520.

*Weisman, M. L., and J. B. Klemp, 1984: The structure and classification of numerically simulated convective storms in directionally varying wind shears. Mon. Wea. Rev., 112, 2479-2498.

Weisman, M. L., J. B. Klemp, and R. Rotunno, 1988: The structure and evolution of numerically simulated squall lines. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 1990-2013.

*Xu, Q., 1992: Density currents in shear flows -- A two-fluid model. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 511-524.

Xue, M., 1990: Towards the environmental condition for long-lived squall lines: Vorticity versus momentum. Preprint of the AMS 16th Conference on Severe Local Storms. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Alberta, Canada, 24-29.

*Xue, M., 2000: Density current in two-layer shear flows. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 126, 1301-1320.

* Weisman, M. L. and R. Rotunno, 2004: "A Theory for Strong Long-Lived Squall Lines" Revisited. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 361-382.

Doswell, C. A. I. and P. M. Markowski, 2004: Is Buoyancy a Relative Quantity? Monthly Weather Review, 132, 853-863.

 

 

Those with * are most relevant.