Accession Number:

AD0600819

Title:

TROPOPAUSE PENETRATIONS BY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS.

Descriptive Note:

Scientific rept. 1

Corporate Author:

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORP KANSAS CITY MO

Personal Author(s):

• Hanks,Howard H. ,Jr.
• Long,Michael J.
• Beebe,R. G.

Report Date:

1964-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

54.0

Abstract:

This report presents a 2 12 year climatology of penetrations of the tropopause at 9 stations in the United States. WSR-57 radar data for 1961-1963 are summarized by geographical area, by months, and on a diurnal basis. The main summary is for penetrations greater than 5,000 and 10,000 feet. Conclusions are that penetrations of the tropopause occur 1 near the time of maximum thunderstorm activity, 2 mostly in the summer, 3 in the areas of greatest severe thunderstorm activity 4 there was no simple relationship found between ttropopause penetrations and the number of thunderstorms and 5 there was no useful relationship found between tropoxceseixigyt5v the extent of the tropopause penetrations. Author

Descriptors:

• (*CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS
• TROPOPAUSE)
• (*TROPOPAUSE
• CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS)
• CLIMATE
• ATMOSPHERES
• THUNDERSTORMS
• PENETRATION
• METEOROLOGY

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE