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Severe Convective Storms

  • Highly illustrated book, with more than 400 pictures of convective storms and extreme weather

  • It was written by experts in meteorology and was peer reviewed

Part of the book series: Meteorological Monographs (METEOR)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-x
  2. Severe Convective Storms—An Overview

    • Charles A. Doswell III
    Pages 1-26
  3. Extratropical Synoptic-Scale Processes and Severe Convection

    • Charles A. Doswell III, Lance F. Bosart
    Pages 27-69
  4. Mesoscale Processes and Severe Convective Weather

    • Richard H. Johnson, Brian E. Mapes
    Pages 71-122
  5. Numerical Modeling of Severe Local Storms

    • Robert B. Wilhelmson, Louis J. Wicker
    Pages 123-166
  6. Tornadoes and Tornadic Storms

    • Robert Davies-Jones, R. Jeffrey Trapp, Howard B. Bluestein
    Pages 167-221
  7. Hailstorms

    • Charles A. Knight, Nancy C. Knight
    Pages 223-254
  8. Convectively Driven High Wind Events

    • Roger M. Wakimoto
    Pages 255-298
  9. Rain Production in Convective Storms

    • Dennis Lamb
    Pages 299-321
  10. Mesoscale Convective Systems

    • J. M. Fritsch, G. S. Forbes
    Pages 323-357
  11. Severe Local Storms in the Tropics

    • Gary Barnes
    Pages 359-432
  12. Severe Local Storms Forecasting

    • Alan R. Moller
    Pages 433-480
  13. Flash Flood Forecast and Detection Methods

    • Robert S. Davis
    Pages 481-525
  14. The Electrification of Severe Storms

    • Earle R. Williams
    Pages 527-561
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 562-562

About this book

This highly illustrated book is a collection of 13 review papers focusing on convective storms and the weather they produce. It discusses severe convective storms, mesoscale processes, tornadoes and tornadic storms, severe local storms, flash flood forecast and the electrification of severe storms.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sarkeys Energy Center, CIMMS, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA

    Charles A. Doswell

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Severe Convective Storms

  • Editors: Charles A. Doswell

  • Series Title: Meteorological Monographs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-935704-06-5

  • Publisher: American Meteorological Society Boston, MA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: American Meteorological Society 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-935704-06-5Published: 30 March 2015

  • Series ISSN: 0065-9401

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 570

  • Number of Illustrations: 392 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Natural Hazards

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eBook USD 89.99
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