On the use of 50-MHz RASS in thunderstorms

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2003

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May, P.
Lucas, C.
Lataitis, R.
Reid, I.

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Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2003; 20(6):936-943

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Peter T. May, Chris Lucas, Richard Lataitis, and Iain M. Reid

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An experiment describing the use of a 50-MHz wind profiler Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) to observe the vertical velocity, precipitation, and buoyancy structure of convection is discussed. In most cases the RASS signal was lost when convection was overhead. A theoretical argument that this is the effect of turbulence on the acoustic wave fronts is presented.

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© 2003 American Meteorological Society

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