The Kellerville Tornado during VORTEX: Damage survey and Doppler Radar analyses

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2197-2221

  Wakimoto, Roger M ^a   Murphey, Hanne V ^a   Dowell, David C ^b   Bluestein, Howard B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DOPPLER RADAR; SURVEYS;

MESOCYCLONES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AERIAL SURVEY; DOPPLER RADAR; STORM DAMAGE; STORM TRACK; TORNADO;

EID: 0242415429     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<2197:TKTDVD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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