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Merging Convection

Merging Convection is a meteorological phenomenon in thunderstorm dynamics wherein two or more distinct convective cells coalesce into a single, more intense updraft system through the interaction and consolidation of their respective thermal and dynamical structures.

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2017–2026

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Lightning activity during convective cell mergers in a squall line and corresponding dynamical and thermodynamical characteristics

Jingyu Lu, Xiushu Qie, Rubin Jiang et al. · Atmospheric Research · 2021 · 42 citations

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Cloud Interactions and Merging on Day 261 of GATE

Olli M. Turpeinen · Monthly Weather Review · 1982 · 32 citations · Full text

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Connections matter: Updraft merging in organized tropical deep convection

I. B. Glenn, Steven K. Krueger · Geophysical Research Letters · 2017 · 26 citations

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Cell Merger Potential in Multicell Thunderstorms of Weakly Sheared Environments: Cell Separation Distance versus Planetary Boundary Layer Depth

J.R. Stalker, Kevin R. Knupp · Monthly Weather Review · 2003 · 17 citations

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Authors

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  1. DW
    Dongfang Wang

    Zhejiang Environmental Monitoring Center, China

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  2. XX
    Xian Xiao

    China Meteorological Administration, China

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  3. OM
    Olli M. Turpeinen

    European Space Operations Centre, Germany

    1 publications · 32 citations

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  4. YT
    Ye Tian

    Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  5. SY
    Shanfeng Yuan

    Institute of Atmospheric Physics, China

    1 publications · 42 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    7 publications

    294 citations

  3. Beijing Meteorological Bureau

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    84 citations

  4. National Space Science and Technology Center

    Huntsville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  5. Tianjin Meteorological Bureau

    Tianjin, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  6. University of Alabama in Huntsville

    Huntsville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  7. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  8. China Meteorological Administration

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

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  1. Monthly Weather Review

    2 publications · 49 citations

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  3. Atmospheric Research

    1 publications · 42 citations

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