A multiscale examination of the 31 May 1998 Mechanicville, New York, Tornado

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 494-516

  LaPenta, Kenneth D ^a   Bosart, Lance F ^b   Galarneau Jr , Thomas J ^b   Dickinson, Michael J ^b  

^a National Weather Service Eastern Region Headquarters   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; THUNDERSTORMS; TORNADOES; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; MULTISCALE EXAMINATION; RADAR ANALYSIS; WIND SHEAR;

METEOROLOGY;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; JET FLOW; SEVERE WEATHER; SUPERCELL; TORNADO;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27544454631     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF875.1     Document Type: Article

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