Forecasting tornadic thunderstorm potential in Alberta using environmental sounding data. Part II: Helicity, precipitable water, and storm convergence

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 336-346

  Dupilka, Max L ^a   Reuter, Gerhard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; RAIN GAGES; STATISTICAL METHODS; THUNDERSTORMS; TORNADOES;

ENVIRONMENTAL SOUNDING DATA; PRECIPITABLE WATER; STORM CONVERGENCE; STORM-RELATIVE HELICITY; TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745856598     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF922.1     Document Type: Article

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