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<br />cmHE~TS <br /> <br />Section <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />Preface ,. . . <br />Ackno~,ledgments <br /> <br />i i i <br />vi <br /> <br />1.0 I~TRODUCTION <br />1.1 Problem Definition . <br />1.2 nypothesis. . . . <br />1.3 Goals ... , . , <br />1.3.1 Objectives <br />1.4 Historical Context <br />1.4.1 Observational Studies <br />1.4.2 Numerical ~odelina Studies <br />1,4.3 Objective Analyses <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br />5 <br />8 <br />8 <br />9 <br />9 <br />20 <br />27 <br /> <br />3.0 A~ALYSIS PROCEDURES. <br />3.1 <br />3.2 <br />3.3 <br />3.4 <br /> <br />Objective Analysis Method <br />Automated Graphical Analysis <br />Kinematic and Thermodynamic Analysis Equations <br />Mesoscale Effects of Lifting on Convective <br />Thermodynamics . . . . . <br />Rainfall Analysis Methods <br />Radar Analyses . . , . . . . . <br /> <br />31 <br />31 <br />33 <br />35 <br />38 <br /> <br />39 <br />39 <br />43 <br />45 <br /> <br />49 <br />52 <br /> <br />2.0 DATA AND QUALITY CONTROL <br />2.1 Rawinsonde Observations <br />2.2 Rain Gage Data . .... <br />2.3 Radar Data , . . <br />2.4 Satellite Data. . . <br /> <br />3.5 <br />3.6 <br /> <br />....-, <br />':)/ <br /> <br />4.0 PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF CONVECTIVE TYPES <br />4,1 Isolated Cell Cases . , . . . <br />4.1.1 Isolated Cells: June 5, 1979 . . <br />4.1.2 Isolated Cells: June 24, 1979 <br />4.2 Cluster Cases . . . , . . . <br />4.2,1 Clusters: May 27. 1979 <br />4.2.2 Convective Clusters: July 6. 1979 - Jet <br />Exit, Stationary Front <br />4.2.3 Clusters: July 16. 1979 <br />4.3 r.esoscale Line Cases. . . , . <br />4.3.1 Mesoscale Lines: June 4. 1979 <br /> <br />59 <br />69 <br />69 <br />82 <br />88 <br />88 <br />98 <br />103 <br />110 <br />110 <br /> <br />ix <br />