Motivation

  • Coarse spatial and temporal resolution analyses have historically limited investigation of band life-cycle
  • Novak et al. (2008) showed band life-cycle governed by evolution of frontogenesis, stability, and moisture

    FORMATION: Release of conditional instability by increasing frontogenesis
    MATURITY: Increasing stability offset by increasing frontogenetical forcing
    DISSIPATION: Weakening frontogenesis in presence of large stability


Q1: Is this evolution observed in a larger sample of banded events?


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