The numerical simulation of non-supercell tornadogenesis. Part I: Initiation and evolution of pretornadic misocyclone circulations along a dry outflow boundary

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-60

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CYCLONE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TORNADO;

MISOCYCLONE; MODEL; OUTFLOW BOUNDARY; TORNADO;

EID: 0031436645     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0032:TNSONS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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