Seeking key meteorological parameters to better understand Hector

Gentile, S.; Ferretti, R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-431-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-431-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-431-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

Research article

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11 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 11 Feb 2016

Seeking key meteorological parameters to better understand Hector

S. Gentile and R. Ferretti

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Final revised paper (published on 11 Feb 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 04 Jun 2015)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C1312: 'Review of "Seeking for key meteorological parameters to better understand Hector" by Gentile and Ferretti', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Jul 2015
- SC C2111: 'Reply to comments by Ref 1', Sabrina Gentile, 26 Oct 2015
RC C2168: 'Interactive comment on “Seeking for key meteorological parameters to better understand Hector” by S. Gentile and R. Ferretti', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Oct 2015
- AC C2232: 'Answers to the Specific comments', Sabrina Gentile, 11 Nov 2015

Short summary

Twelve Hector events, a storm which develops in northern Australia, are analyzed with the aim of identifying the main meteorological parameters involved in the convective development. The analysis suggests that the strength of convection, defined in terms of vertical velocity, largely contributes to the vertical distribution of hydrometeors.