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Clear Air Convective Behavior Revealed by Radar Chaff

John R. Rowland Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Md. 20810

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Print Publication:
01 May 1976
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1976)015<0521:CACBRB>2.0.CO;2
Page(s):
521–526
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Abstract

Radar chaff injected into the updraft region of individual clear air convective cells indicates that the cells are roughly spherical. It is noted that rapid mixing occurs within a cell but that little mixing occurs between adjacent cells.

Abstract

Radar chaff injected into the updraft region of individual clear air convective cells indicates that the cells are roughly spherical. It is noted that rapid mixing occurs within a cell but that little mixing occurs between adjacent cells.

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