Browsing Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Market, Patrick S."
Now showing items 1-15 of 15
-
Analysis of cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning in winter convection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)The combination of the full suite of cloud-to-ground (CG) and cloud stroke data is used to observe lightning in precipitation events involving winter precipitation. In particular, we observe data for the winter season of ... -
An analysis of environmental influences on morphologies and tornadogenesis within quasi-linear convective systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) often take the form of quasi-linear convective systems (QLCSs) within the mid-latitudes of the United States. QLCSs have a quasi-linear convective precipitation structure either followed ... -
Analysis of forecast performance for hit, miss, and false alarm thundersnow events during ROCS
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Thundersnow (TSSN) is a mesoscale event that is typically associated with large amounts of precipitation and both in-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning. Starting in 2003, the Research on Convective Snows (ROCS) group began ... -
Analysis of heavy-rain-producing elevated thunderstorms in the Mo-Ks-Ok region of the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014) -
Analysis of twenty-five years of heavy rainfall events in the Texas Hill Country
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Forecasting heavy rain events and the area of greatest threat has been a long standing challenge in operational meteorology. This is especially true in certain regions where the physical geography lends itself to the ... -
Enso and PDO climate variability impacts on regional Missouri crop yields
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)An analysis of crop yields for the state of Missouri was completed to determine if an interannual or multidecadal variability existed as a result of the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation ... -
Evaluation of the non-supercell tornado parameter for the green bay, Wisconsin tornado event of 07 August 2013
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The difficulty of detecting and forecasting the development of non-supercell tornadoes (NST) is well documented. The rapid, low level development of NSTs decreases the warning time as they often develop in minutes and can ... -
An index for anticipating excessive precipitation with elevated thunderstorms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Attempting to predict the location and the initiation of elevated thunderstorms can be very challenging due to the uncertainty in of the mechanisms that release elevated instability (Moore et al., 2003). Excessive Precipitation ... -
Investigating near-surface wind fields as influenced by low-level jet occurrences in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Renewable energy sources remain a topic of increasing importance in today's society. One possible source is the utilization of wind energy. As such, the objectives of this study were to investigate and classify the character ... -
Neighboring upper level jet streaks, their proximity, and their synergestic coupling of the divergent regions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)A reoccurring question when diagnosing the upper troposphere is: How close is close enough for jet streaks to be considered coupled? The phrase, 'coupled jet streaks' refers to two individual jet streaks working synergistically ... -
A new method of calculating vertical motion in isentropic space
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)A full isentropic vertical motion (?�??) has long been difficult to calculate in an operational forecasting environment. However, recent interactions with the Springfield, MO National Weather Service Office spurred the ... -
On the synoptic and mesoscale organization of mid-latitude, continental convective snow events
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)An ingredients-based methodology was pursued in order to evaluate the likelihood of thunderstorms occurring in the presence of snowfall (i.e. thundersnow; TSSN). In order to properly distinguish from typical snowstorms ... -
Severe winter storms in Missouri from 1960-2010
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Severe winter storms have cost the state of Missouri significant economic loss from property damage, crop destruction, and loss of livestock. Even worse than the economic loss from these storms are the injuries and deaths ... -
A study of elevated convection and its impacts on surface weather conditions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Elevated convection is a vexing phenomenon that causes forecasting problems for both numerical weather prediction systems and human forecasters alike. It is frequently associated with heavy rain and can produce flash ... -
A study of lightning flashes attending periods of banded heavy snowfall
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Lighting[sic] flashes associated with 24 banded thundersnow events were analyzed to document their polarity, signal strength, and multiplicity. Radar ...