Improved detection of severe storms using experimental fine-resolution WSR-88D measurements

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-14

  Brown, Rodger A ^a   Flickinger, Bradley A ^b   Forren, Eddie ^b   Schultz, David M ^b   Sirmans, Dale ^c   Spencer, Phillip L ^b   Wood, Vincent T ^a   Ziegler, Conrad L ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c RS Information Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REFLECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DOPPLER VELOCITY; ECHO REGIONS; REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; TORNADO WARNINGS;

STORMS;

DOPPLER RADAR; STORM; TORNADO; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 14744292347     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-832.1     Document Type: Article

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