Supercell tornadogenesis over complex terrain: The Great Barrington, Massachusetts, tornado on 29 May 1995

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 897-922

  Bosart, Lance F ^a   Seimon, Anton ^b   LaPenta, Kenneth D ^a   Dickinson, Michael J ^a,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c Accurate Environ Forecasting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPLEX TERRAIN ENVIRONMENTS; GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS (GBR); SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT; TORNADOGENESIS;

TORNADOES;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; DOPPLER RADAR; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; WIND SHEAR;

HUDSON VALLEY; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846215549     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF957.1     Document Type: Article

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