Analysis of remote sensings of a sudden rainstorm in NE China

Meiying Yuan; Zechun Li; Xiaoling Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.730927

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9 October 2007 Analysis of remote sensings of a sudden rainstorm in NE China

Meiying Yuan, Zechun Li, Xiaoling Zhang

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Proceedings Volume 6679, Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability IV; 66790Y (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.730927
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A MCC-caused sudden rainstorm occurred on August 10, 2006 in NE China. Related observations, satellite/radar imagery and automatic stations measurements were employed to investigate detailed evolutions of the MCC-associated large-scale background field, the imagery, the MCC (mesoscale convective complex) meso structure at its mature stage. Consequently, were revealed the MCC environmental features and multi-scale structures. The mature MCC was an elliptical meso cloud mass on the satellite image and a convective cloud line developing into a squall on the radar image, with the same orientation as the major axis of the elliptical MCC. The squall line consisted of multiple meso-β clouds. And the rainstorm hitting the county Tailai was produced by the developing meso-β cloud at the rear right end of the squall, with its prominent characteristic being the quickly intensified meso-γ vorticity produced by shear.

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Meiying Yuan, Zechun Li, and Xiaoling Zhang "Analysis of remote sensings of a sudden rainstorm in NE China", Proc. SPIE 6679, Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability IV, 66790Y (9 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.730927

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