The numerical simulation of nonsupercell tornadogenesis. Part II: Evolution of a family of tornadoes along a weak outflow boundary

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2387-2415

  Lee, Bruce D ^a,b   Wilhelmson, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

NONSUPERCELL TORNADOGENESIS;

TORNADOES;

THERMODYNAMICS; TORNADO;

THERMODYNAMICS; TORNADO;

EID: 0031251811     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2387:TNSONT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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