Comments on "The intensification of the low-level jet during the development of mesoscale convective systems on a Mei-Yu front" Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The recent article by Chen et al. (1998; henceforth Chen) concludes that three processes were important to the development of a particular low-level jet (LLJ) associated with a mei-yu front: (1) a transverse circulation caused by thermal wind adjustment at the entrance region of a jet streak; (2) a direct circulation driven by deep convection along the frontal zone; and (3) slantwise convection maintained by conditional symmetric instability. We find problems with the methodology and interpretation of all three phenomena.

published proceedings

  • MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW

author list (cited authors)

  • Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., & Schultz, D. M.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Nielsen-Gammon, JW||Schultz, DM

publication date

  • September 1999