THE LANGUAGE OF HAILSTORMS AND HAILSTONES

Abstract

The basic ingredients of hailstorms such as height of storm, infrared cooling of the upper parts of the anvil, structure and properties of the updrafts, influence of glaciation and water storage on the buoyancy, and the over-all air consumption in a hailstorm are discussed. Some fundamental differences between symmetrical and asymmetrical storms are related, with special consideration of the mechanism and of the consequences of shearing off the upper parts of a storm in a strong wind shear or jet stream. Certain properties of hailstones--their shape and internal structure--which may serve as clues to their life history in the storm are considered. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0290399

Entities

People

  • Helmut K. Weickmann

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Phenomena
  • Buoyancy
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Hail
  • Jet Streams
  • Language
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Wind
  • Wind Shear

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.