Modeling the Large-scale Environments of Long-lived Mesoscale Convective Systems Conducive to Heavy Precipitation in the Central United States

L Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, Robert Houze, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Zhe Feng, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, MD, United States and Qing Yang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States