NASA NTRS · 19920027870
Environment and evolution of a cold-frontal mesoscale convective system
Abstract
Data obtained from the June 26-27, 1985 period of the Kansas-Oklahoma PRE-STORM field phase are employed to describe the evolution of a mesoscale convective system (MCS) responsible for a heavy rainfall event over a large portion of Oklahoma and Kansas. In the case examined, the eastward advancement of deep convection was aided by the formation of a series of nearly parallel rainbands before the main precipitation area. These rainbands, which developed in a field of boundary layer cloud streets, without the assistance of gust-front convergence, redefined the leading edge of the MCS and became the locus of the most intense convection in the precipitation system.
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Trier, Stanley B., Parsons, David B., Clark, John H. E.. 1991-10-01. Environment and evolution of a cold-frontal mesoscale convective system. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19920027870
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