The structure of convective rain cells at mid-latitudes

Rain cells are structures which represent an important component of convective precipitation and a study of their properties represents a necessary step both towards improved stochastic models of small-scale precipitation and for the verification of deterministic high resolution local-area models. T...

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Published inAdvances in geosciences Vol. 7; no. 7; pp. 31 - 35
Main Authors Rebora, N., Ferraris, L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Copernicus GmbH 23.01.2006
European Geosciences Union
Copernicus Publications
Subjects
Analysis
Earth Sciences
Rain and rainfall
Sciences of the Universe
Italy
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Summary:Rain cells are structures which represent an important component of convective precipitation and a study of their properties represents a necessary step both towards improved stochastic models of small-scale precipitation and for the verification of deterministic high resolution local-area models. The case of intense convective precipitation in the tropics has been analysed in a recent study (von Hardenberg et al., 2003). Here we extend the analysis to mid-latitudes and we present results on the structure of convective rain cells observed by radar measurements in Italy. In particular we consider the average shape of precipitation cells and its dependence on radar resolution and the distributions of ellipticities.
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ISSN:1680-7359
1680-7340
1680-7359
DOI:10.5194/adgeo-7-31-2006