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A long-lived mesoscale convective complex. I - The mountain-generated componentThe South Park Area Cumulus Experiment (SPACE) was conducted during the summer of 1977, and takes into account meteorological developments in a broad, elevated basin called South Park, which is located northeast of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The experiment was designed to investigate the organization of the mesoscale and storm-scale systems in detail over South Park. Many of the convective storms which were observed in the developing stages over South Park participated in the genesis of mesoscale convective complexes (MCCs) on the meso-alpha-scale. The present investigation is concerned with the evolution of the second MCC of this episode, which matured on the evening of August 4, 1977. Attention is given to the events from the preconvective stage early on August 4 to the incipient MCC stage in the early evening.
Document ID
19840038164
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Cotton, W. R.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
George, R. L.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Wetzel, P. J.
(Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Mcanelly, R. L.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt, MD; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1983
Publication Information
Publication: Monthly Weather Review
Volume: 111
ISSN: 0027-0644
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
84A20951
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-81-13082
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-76-83361
CONTRACT_GRANT: USBR-7-07-83-B0006
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-79-08297
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-0511
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