Interpretation of mesocyclone vorticity and divergence structure from single-doppler radar

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2191-2209

  Desrochers, Paul R ^a   Ian Harris, F ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Air Force Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER METERS; MODELLING; VORTICITY;

DOPPLER RADAR; FLOW REGIME; MESOCYCLONE; MODEL; VORTICITY;

EID: 0030422849     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<2191:IOMVAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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