Shear parameter thresholds for forecasting tornadic thunderstorms in Northern and Central California

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 357-370

  Monteverdi, John P ^a   Doswell III , Charles A ^b   Lipari, Gary S ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FALSE ALARM RATIO (FAR);

TORNADOES;

PREDICTION; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND SHEAR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038321502     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<0357:SPTFFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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