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dc.contributor.authorMcCoy, Laurel P.
dc.contributor.authorMarket, Patrick S.
dc.contributor.authorGravelle, Chad M.
dc.contributor.authorGraves, Charles E.
dc.contributor.authorFox, Neil I.
dc.contributor.authorRochette, Scott M.
dc.contributor.authorKastman, Joshua S.
dc.contributor.authorSvoma, Bohumil
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T17:37:55Z
dc.date.available2021-09-07T17:37:55Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-20
dc.identifier.citationLaurel P. McCoy, Patrick S. Market, Chad M. Gravelle, et al., “Composites of Heavy Rain Producing Elevated Thunderstorms in the Central United States,” Advances in Meteorology, vol. 2017, Article ID 6932798, 19 pages, 2017. doi:10.1155/2017/6932798
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1155/2017/6932798
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/2178
dc.descriptionCopyright © 2017 Laurel P. McCoy et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Award no. AGS- 1258358.
dc.description.abstractComposite analyses of the atmosphere over the central United States during elevated thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall are presented. Composites were created for five National Weather Service County Warning Areas (CWAs) in the region. Events studied occurred during the warm season (April–September) during 1979–2012. These CWAs encompass the region determined previously to experience the greatest frequency of elevated thunderstorms in the United States. Composited events produced rainfall of >50 mm 24 hr?1 within the selected CWA. Composites were generated for the 0–3 hr period prior to the heaviest rainfall, 6–9 hours prior to it, and 12–15 hours prior to it. This paper focuses on the Pleasant Hill, Missouri (EAX) composites, as all CWA results were similar; also these analyses focus on the period 0–3 hours prior to event occurrence. These findings corroborate the findings of previous authors. What is offered here that is unique is (1) a measure of the interquartile range within the composite mean fields, allowing for discrimination between variable fields that provided a strong reliable signal, from those that may appear strong but possess large variability, and (2) composite soundings of two subclasses of elevated thunderstorms. Also, a null case (one that fits the composite but failed to produce significant rainfall) is also examined for comparison.
dc.subjectElevated Thunderstorms
dc.subjectHeavy Rainfall
dc.subjectMeteorology
dc.subjectMissouri
dc.subjectCentral United States
dc.titleComposites of Heavy Rain Producing Elevated Thunderstorms in the Central United States
dc.typearticle
dc.source.journaltitleAdvances in Meteorology
dc.source.volume2017
refterms.dateFOA2021-09-07T17:37:56Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Brockport
dc.source.peerreviewedTRUE
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.description.publicationtitleEarth Sciences Faculty Publications
dc.contributor.organizationSaint Louis University
dc.contributor.organizationThe College at Brockport
dc.contributor.organizationUniversity of Missouri
dc.contributor.organizationUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
dc.languate.isoen_US


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