Tornadogenesis with and without a dynamic pipe effect

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-133

  Trapp, R Jeffrey ^a   Davies Jones, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE DROP; TORNADO; VORTEX;

DYNAMIC PIPE EFFECT; TORNADO; VORTEX;

EID: 0031436830     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0113:TWAWAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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