Summertime cold fronts in southeast Australia - behavior and low- level structure of main frontal types

Abstract

The present paper extends earlier work to include additional observations of frontal events from field phase 3 of the CFRP held in late 1984. In addition we distinguish between this frontal system and a frontal system occurring throughout summer, but predominantly late in the season, which is often dry with a single major change line identified as a mesoscale (coastal) front. Observations from the CFRP and other sources are described covering a wide range of frontal intensities, with frontal speeds varying betwen 5 and 25 m s-1. -from Author