Multiple bands near fronts in VHF wind-profiling radar and radiosonde data

John Lawson; David M. Schultz; Geraint Vaughan; Daniel J. Kirshbaum

doi:10.1002/asl2.431

Multiple bands near fronts in VHF wind-profiling radar and radiosonde data

John Lawson, David M. Schultz, Geraint Vaughan, Daniel J. Kirshbaum

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Fronts passing over the Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere radar near Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, possessed multiple bands in returned power and vertical shear of the horizontal wind. Warm fronts tended to have more bands than cold fronts. Of 82 bands in power with an associated band in the radiosonde data, 45% were associated with a decrease in specific humidity and an increase in stability (drying stable bands) and 21% were associated with an increase in humidity and a decrease in stability (moistening unstable bands). The radar detects airstream boundaries near fronts, some of which are not part of the front. © 2013 Royal Meteorological Society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	146-152
Number of pages	6
Journal	Atmospheric Science Letters
Volume	14
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/asl2.431
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013

Keywords

Banding
Cold fronts
MST radar
Warm fronts
Wind shear

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Multiple bands near fronts in VHF wind-profiling radar and radiosonde data

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