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Proceedings with Extended Abstracts (single PDF file) - Radio ...

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Low-level zonal wind has a good correlation <strong>with</strong> eastward-propagating SCCs. Namely,when SCCs exist in the west side of or over the EAR site, easterlies or weak westerlies wereobserved in 2-4 km altutude, and conversely after SCCs pass over the EAR site, westerlies areobserved. Anti-correlation between 2-4 km zonal wind and 10-12 km zonal wind are veryclear. Existence of rainfalls in the easterlies and the anti-correlation of zonal winds between inthe lower troposphere and upper troposphere agrees well <strong>with</strong> the structure of the moistKelvin wave shown by Wang (1988).3. Variance of vertical windAs an index of convective activities, we introduce the variance of vertical wind (VVW),which is computed using the vertical wind obtained from the EAR. We confirmed VVWrepresents convective activities by comparing <strong>with</strong> K index derived from radiosonde data.Figure 3 shows the time-altitude plot of daily VVW in June 2002. In Period 1, large VVW(>0.07 m 2 s -2 ) is observed at 2-16 km altitude. On the other hand, large VVW is observed at7-16 km altitude while small VVW (

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