Convectively induced mesoscale weather systems in the tropical and warm-season midlatitude atmosphere

Bradley F. Smull

NOAA/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Mesoscale Research and Applications Division, Boulder, Colorado

• Introduction
• Studies of a Climatological Nature
• Influences of Land-Sea Contrasts and Terrain
• Convective Initiation and Severe Weather
• Midlatitude and Subtropical Mesoscale Convective Systems
• Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems and Their Role in Global Climate
• Cumulus Parameterization and Budget Studies
• Emerging Research, Applications, and Related Technology
• References