Observations of vertical wind shear heterogeneity in convective boundary layers

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 843-861

  Markowski, Paul ^a   Richardson, Yvette ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; HODOGRAPHS; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

METEOROLOGY;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER EFFECT; RADAR; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WIND PROFILE; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34047235469     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3334.1     Document Type: Article

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