Retrieval of model initial fields from single-Doppler observations of a supercell thunderstorm. Part I: Single-Doppler velocity retrieval

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 433-453

  Weygandt, Stephen S ^a   Shapiro, Alan ^a   Droegemeier, Kelvin K ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; THUNDERSTORMS; WIND;

VORTICITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AZIMUTH; DOPPLER RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0036509436     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<0433:ROMIFF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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