The structure of tornadoes near Attica, Kansas, on 12 May 2004: High-resolution, mobile, doppler radar observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 475-506

  Bluestein, Howard B ^a   Weiss, Christopher C ^a,d   French, Michael M ^a   Holthaus, Eric M ^a,e   Tanamachi, Robin L ^a   Frasier, Stephen ^b   Pazmany, Andrew L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c ProSensing Inc   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATIONS; DOPPLER SIGNATURES; DOPPLER WIND;

TORNADOES;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DOPPLER RADAR; SCANNER; SIMULATION; TORNADO; VORTICITY; WIND;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847341712     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3295.1     Document Type: Article

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