NASA NTRS · 19760036368
Cloud-top parameters - A hail indicator
Abstract
Airborne photographic observations of four hail-producing storms are discussed. With the exception of one storm producing a tornadic event, the overshooting tops were nearly steady-state. The tops were consistently high and wide, reaching maximum heights within about 5 minutes of the initiation of hail. Measured updraft velocities in the turrets composing the overshooting top were 25 m/sec. The dimensions of the overshooting tops were sufficiently large to permit satellite observation.
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Pearl, E. W., Shenk, W. E., Skillman, W.. 1975-01-01. Cloud-top parameters - A hail indicator. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19760036368
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