Synoptic regulation of the 3 May 1999 tornado outbreak

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 399-429

  Roebber, Paul J ^a   Schultz, David M ^a   Romero, Romualdo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

SYNOPTIC REGULATIONS;

TORNADOES;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STORM; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TORNADO; WEATHER FORECASTING;

KANSAS; OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036614626     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2002)017<0399:SROTMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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