Evolution and dynamics of a late-stage squall line that occurred on 20 February 1993 during TOGA COARE

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3189-3212

  Lewis, Sharon A ^a,c   Lemone, Margaret A ^b   Jorgensen, David P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOMENTUM; SQUALL LINE;

EID: 0032994654     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<3189:EADOAL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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