Wind structure in a supercell thunderstorm as measured by a UHF wind profiler

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1968-1986

  Lehmiller, G S ^a   Bluestein, H B ^a   Neiman, P J ^a   Ralph, F M ^a   Feltz, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LIGHT; RADAR; STORMS; WIND;

TORNADIC SUPERCELLS;

THUNDERSTORMS;

SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0035420052     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<1968:WSIAST>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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