Severe Convective Storms

✍ Scribed by Dr. Charles A. Doswell III (eds.)

• Publisher: American Meteorological Society
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 567
• Series: Meteorological Monographs
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages N2-x
Severe Convective Storms—An Overview....Pages 1-26
Extratropical Synoptic-Scale Processes and Severe Convection....Pages 27-69
Mesoscale Processes and Severe Convective Weather....Pages 71-122
Numerical Modeling of Severe Local Storms....Pages 123-166
Tornadoes and Tornadic Storms....Pages 167-221
Hailstorms....Pages 223-254
Convectively Driven High Wind Events....Pages 255-298
Rain Production in Convective Storms....Pages 299-321
Mesoscale Convective Systems....Pages 323-357
Severe Local Storms in the Tropics....Pages 359-432
Severe Local Storms Forecasting....Pages 433-480
Flash Flood Forecast and Detection Methods....Pages 481-525
The Electrification of Severe Storms....Pages 527-561
Back Matter....Pages 562-562

✦ Subjects

Atmospheric Sciences; Meteorology; Natural Hazards