A preliminary study of severe wind-producing MCSs in environments of limited moisture

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 715-734

  Corfidi, Stephen F ^a   Corfidi, Sarah J ^a   Imy, David A ^a   Logan, Allen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY; STORMS; WIND;

CONVECTIVE WEATHER; LOW-DEWPOINT DERECHOS (LDDS); MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA SET; FORECASTING METHOD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEVERE WEATHER; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 33750526894     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF947.1     Document Type: Article

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