A damaging downburst prediction and detection algorithm for the WSR-88D

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 240-250

  Smith, Travis M ^a,b   Elmore, Kimberly L ^a,b   Dulin, Shannon A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; METEOROLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STORMS;

DOWNBURST WINDS; STORM CELLS; VERTICAL SHEAR;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; DETECTION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; PREDICTION; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 1842739597     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0240:ADDPAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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