Experimental GOES Sounder products for the assessment of downburst potential

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 527-542

  Ellrod, Gary P ^a   Nelson III, James P ^b   Witiw, Michael R ^c   Bottos, Lynda ^c   Roeder, William P ^d  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; RADIOSONDES; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DOWNBURST; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE; WIND INDEX;

WIND EFFECTS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0034292505     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2000)015<0527:EGSPFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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