2003
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<2779:lmwsla>2.0.co;2
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Abstract: This two-part study proposes fundamental explanations of the genesis, structure, and implications of lowlevel meso-␥-scale vortices within quasi-linear convective systems (QLCSs) such as squall lines and bow echoes. Such ''mesovortices'' are observed frequently, at times in association with tornadoes. Idealized simulations are used herein to study the structure and evolution of meso-␥-scale surface vortices within QLCSs and their dependence on the environmental vertical wind shear. Within such simulations, sig… Show more

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“…Perhaps, given the close proximity of the bowed segments, there was not a sufficiently well-defined break in the convection to allow line-end vorticity generation effects to occur. Such behavior has been noted in quasi-idealized simulations of bowed convective systems (Weisman and Davis 1998).…”
Section: Baf15-august 2004mentioning
confidence: 57%
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“…Perhaps, given the close proximity of the bowed segments, there was not a sufficiently well-defined break in the convection to allow line-end vorticity generation effects to occur. Such behavior has been noted in quasi-idealized simulations of bowed convective systems (Weisman and Davis 1998).…”
Section: Baf15-august 2004mentioning
confidence: 57%
“…Weisman and Trapp (2003) and Trapp and Weisman (2003) have further documented the ability of numerical models to generate intense surface mesovortices, which are perhaps analogous to rotating cells thought to produce damaging winds in some cases. However, sufficient observations have generally been lacking to confirm the dynamics inferred from such simulations.…”
Section: Science Objectives and Experimen-mentioning
confidence: 96%
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