Radar observations of wind-shear splitting within evolving atmospheric Kelvin-Helmholtz billows

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 541, 1997, Pages 1433-1439

  Chapman, D ^a   Browning, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aviation hazards; Frontal zone; Shear instability; Vertical velocity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; WIND SHEAR;

FRONTAL ZONE; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ BILLOW; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 0031474722     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54113     Document Type: Article

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