Doppler radar observations of dust devils in Texas

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 209-224

  Bluestein, Howard B ^a   Weiss, Christopher C ^a   Pazmany, Andrew L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RADAR REFLECTION; STORMS; TORNADOES; TRACKING RADAR; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

DOPPLER SHEAR; QUASI-CIRCULAR RINGS; TWO-CELL STRUCTURE;

DUST;

DOPPLER RADAR; DUST STORM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842587682     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0209:DROODD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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