The 8 June 1995 McLean, Texas, storm. Part II: Cyclic tornado formation, maintenance, and dissipation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2649-2670

  Dowell, David C ^a   Bluestein, Howard B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DOPPLER RADAR; THUNDERSTORMS; TORNADOES; VORTEX FLOW;

STORM UPDRAFT;

METEOROLOGY;

DISSIPATION; SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO;

MCLEAN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036852847     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<2649:TJMTSP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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