Close-range observations of tornadoes in supercells mader with a dual-polarization, X-band, mobile Doppler radar

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1522-1543

  Bluestein, Howard B ^a   French, Michael M ^a   Tanamachi, Robin L ^a   Frasier, Stephen ^b   Hardwick, Kery ^b   Junyent, Frnacesc ^b   Pazmany, Andrew L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c ProSensing Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VORTEX FLOW;

CROSS-CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; RADAR BEAM;

TORNADOES;

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DOPPLER RADAR; GUST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUPERCELL; TORNADO;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847407973     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3349.1     Document Type: Article

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