U.S. Department of Commerce

 

Date of this Version

2019

Citation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 100(6), pp. 1103-1121

Comments

© 2019 American Meteorological Society

This document is a U.S. government work and is not subject to copyright in the United States.

DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0250.1

Abstract

There has been a recent wave of attention given to atmospheric bores in order to understand how they evolve and initiate and maintain convection during the night. This surge is attributable to data collected during the 2015 Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) field campaign. A salient aspect of the PECAN project is its focus on using multiple observational platforms to better understand convective outflow boundaries that intrude into the stable boundary layer and induce the development of atmospheric bores. The intent of this article is threefold: 1) to educate the reader on current and future foci of bore research, 2) to present how PECAN observations will facilitate aforementioned research, and 3) to stimulate multidisciplinary collaborative efforts across other closely related fields in an effort to push the limitations of prediction of nocturnal convection.

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