Finescale radar observations of the Dimmitt, Texas (2 June 1995), Tornado

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 7 I, 2000, Pages 2135-2164

  Wurman, Joshua ^a   Gill, Swarndeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TORNADO; VORTEX; WIND FIELD;

DOPPLER RADAR; TORNADO; VORTEX; WIND FIELD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033829454     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<2135:FROOTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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