Kinematic observations of misocyclones along boundaries during IHOP

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1749-1768

  Marquis, James N ^a,c   Richardson, Yveti'e P ^a   Wurman, Joshua M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Severe Weather Research Colorado   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; THERMODYNAMICS; TORNADOES; VORTEX FLOW;

MISOCYCLONES; NONSUPERCELL TORNADOES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS;

STORMS;

AIR MASS; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVERGENCE; CYCLOGENESIS; DATA SET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SUPERCELL; TORNADO; VORTICITY;

EID: 34047223637     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3367.1     Document Type: Article

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