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Mesoscale Group GATE-related publications

Kuettner, J. P., 1974: General description and central program of GATE. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 55, 712-719.

Houze, R. A., Jr., and C. A. Leary, 1976: Comparison of convective mass and heat transports in tropical easterly waves computed by two methods. J. Atmos. Sci., 33, 424-429.

Houze, R. A., Jr., 1977: Structure and dynamics of a tropical squall-line system. Mon. Wea. Rev., 105, 1540-1567.

Houze, R. A. Jr., and C. -P. Cheng, 1977: Radar characteristics of tropical convection observed during GATE: Mean properties and trends over the summer season. Mon. Wea. Rev., 105, 964-980.

Cheng, C.-P., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1979: The distribution of convective and mesoscale precipitation in GATE radar echo patterns. Mon. Wea. Rev., 107, 1370-1381.

Leary, C. A., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1979: Melting and evaporation of hydrometeors in precipitation from the anvil clouds of deep tropical convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 36, 669-679.

Leary, C. A., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1979: The structure and evolution of convection in a tropical cloud cluster. J. Atmos. Sci., 36, 437-457.

Cheng, C. -P., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1980: Sensitivity of diagnosed convective fluxes to model assumptions. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 774-783.

Houze, R. A., Jr., C.-P. Cheng, C. A. Leary, and J. F. Gamache, 1980: Diagnosis of cloud mass and heat fluxes from radar and synoptic data. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 754-773.

Leary, C. A., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1980: The contribution of mesoscale motions to the mass and heat fluxes of an intense tropical convective system. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 784-796.

Houze, R. A., Jr., 1981: Quality of GATE radar data. Statement prepared for WMO International GATE Monograph, 9 pp.

Houze, R. A., Jr., and A. K. Betts, 1981: Convection in GATE. Rev. Geophys. Space Phys., 19, 541-576. [Reprinted as an invited chapter in The GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) Monograph, GARP Publication Series, No. 25, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, April, 1982, 275-343.]

Houze, R. A., Jr., and C.-P. Cheng, 1981: Inclusion of mesoscale updrafts and downdrafts in computations of vertical fluxes by ensembles of tropical clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 1751-1770.

Gamache, J. F., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1982: Mesoscale air motions associated with a tropical squall line. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 118-135.

Houze, R. A., Jr., 1982: Cloud clusters and large-scale vertical motions in the tropics. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 60, 396-410. (Invited paper)

Gamache, J. F., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1983: Water budget of a mesoscale convective system in the tropics. J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 1835-1850.

Gamache, J. F., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1985: Further analysis of the composite wind and thermodynamic structure of the 12 September GATE squall line. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 1241-1259.

Wei, T., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1987: The GATE squall line of 9-10 August 1974. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (Academica Sinica, Beijing), 4, 85-92.

Ferrier, B. S., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1989: One-dimensional time-dependent modeling of GATE cumulonimbus convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 330-352.

Houze, R. A., Jr., 1989: Observed structure of mesoscale convective systems and implications for large-scale heating. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 115, 425-461.

Houze, R. A., Jr., 1997: Stratiform precipitation in regions of convection: A meteorological paradox? Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 2179-2196.

Houze, R. A., Jr., 2004: Mesoscale convective systems. Rev. Geophys., 42, 10.1029/2004RG000150, 43 pp.

Other GATE resources

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AMS GATE website: provides an overview of the GATE experiment, including timeline, documents on file, photo and map gallery, and more.