文档介绍：Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
Air Mass Thunderstorms
Isolated storms generated by daytime heating of land surface
Convection Cell
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Severe Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms with high winds, hail and possibly tornados
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Mesoscale Convective System
Long-lived, intense cluster of convection cells
Mesoscale Convective Complexes
Large circular complex of thunderstorms active during the night
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Squall line
Line of severe thunderstorms and very strong winds
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Dry line
Boundary between hot, dry air and warm, moist air, which tends to form squall line
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Lightning
electrical discharge producing light from cloud to cloud or cloud to ground
Thunder
sound of rapid expansion & cooling of superheated air around a lightning bolt
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Charge Separation
Difference in charge between cloud top and bottom
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Lightning stroke
Complex series of processes which produce electrical discharge between cloud and ground
Leader
Channel of ionized air along which lightning stroke propagates
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Tornado
Small, intense cyclonic storm characterized by a funnel descending from mesocyclone
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Tornado Dynamics
Wind Shear
Convection