Damaging surface wind mechanisms within the 10 June 2003 Saint Louis bow echo during BAMEX

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2275-2296

  Atkins, Nolan T ^a   Bouchard, Christopher S ^a   Przybylinski, Ron W ^b   Trapp, Robert J ^c   Schmocker, Gary ^b  

^a LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Natl Weather Service   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; TORNADOES; VORTEX FLOW;

BOW ECHO EVENT; SURFACE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE; WIND DAMAGE SWATH;

METEOROLOGY;

DAMAGE; MODELING; TORNADO; WIND;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24944496190     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2973.1     Document Type: Article

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