The precipitation process in convective cells embedded in deep snow bands over the sea of Japan

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作者
Murakami, M
Yamada, Y
Matsuo, T
Iwanami, K
Marwitz, JD
Gordon, G
机构
[1] Meteorol Res Inst, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050052, Japan
[2] Natl Res Inst Earth Sci & Disaster Prevent, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
[3] Univ Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 USA
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10.2151/jmsj.81.515
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P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
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0706 ; 070601 ;
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Convective cells in two deep snow bands were examined over the Sea of Japan with an instrumented aircraft and dual-Doppler radars. A combination of the relatively warm air stream (westerly) at lower levels secluded near the center of the low and the polar air stream (west-southwesterly) at middle and upper levels produced a deep unstable stratification to the southwestern quadrant of a well-developed low, where snow bands A1 and 131 were respectively observed at around 1600 and 1700 JST on 28 Jan. 1993. Radar data showed that both snow bands were in quasi-steady state within a dual Doppler radar observation area. However, the two snow bands showed quite different development; the maximum reflectivities in bands A1 and B1 were 15 dBZ and 30 dBZ, respectively. Aircraft data showed that the accretional growth of snow particles was the primary precipitation formation mechanism in the convective cells embedded in both snow bands. From aircraft and radar data, it appears that vertical wind shear within the cloud layer influenced the precipitation process. In the cell embedded in snow band A1, the updraft at middle and upper levels tilted downshear due to a strong wind shear and precipitation embryos initiated in the updraft were advected downshear from the main supercooled cloud water region. Therefore, these embryos did not grow to large graupel particles. By comparison, in the cell embedded in snow band B1, the updraft tilted upshear at lower levels and stood almost erect at middle and upper levels due to weak wind shear. Therefore, precipitation embryos initiated in the updraft grew into 5 mm graupel particles as they descended through the main supercooled cloud water region. In addition, re-circulation of graupel particles, which had descended in a vicinity of the updraft core, seemed to play an important role to efficiently produce larger graupel particles.
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