A review of ground-based, mobile, W-band Doppler-radar observations of tornadoes and dust devils

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 40, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 163-188

  Bluestein, Howard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barotropic instability; Doppler radar; Dust devil; Rankine vortex; Tornado; Vortex dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; OSCILLATIONS; TORNADOES; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

RANKINE VORTEX; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUPERCELLS; VORTICITY;

DOPPLER RADAR;

BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; DOPPLER RADAR; DUST DEVIL; TORNADO;

EID: 20444486954     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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