Cold frontal structure derived from radar wind profilers

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-74

  Browning, K A ^a   Jerrett, D ^b   Nash, J ^b   Oakley, T ^b   Roberts, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; CLOUDS; RADAR;

CO-LOCATED; COLD FRONT; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; RADAR WIND PROFILERS; UHF RADAR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VHF RADAR; WARM CONVEYOR BELTS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

COLD FRONT; FRONTAL FEATURE; INFLOW; PROFILER; RADAR; TROPOPAUSE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0002625964     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482798000784     Document Type: Article

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