Low-level kinematic, thermodynamic, and reflectivity fields associated with Hurricane Bonnie (1998) at landfall

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3243-3259

  Schneider, Rebecca ^a   Barnes, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; WIND;

DROPWINDSONDES; KINEMATIC STRUCTURE; TANGENTIAL WINDS;

METEOROLOGY;

HURRICANE; KINEMATICS; RADIOSONDE; THERMODYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28944453275     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3027.1     Document Type: Article

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