Triple-doppler analysis of a discretely propagating, long-lived, high plains squall line

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 2729-2748

  Grady, Rodney L ^a,b   Verlinde, Johannes ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Scott AFB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; WIND;

SQUALL LINE; TRIPLE DOPPLER ANALYSIS;

THUNDERSTORMS;

SQUALL LINE;

USA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031402040     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2729:TDAOAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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