Evolution of low-level angular momentum in the 2 June 1995 Dimmitt, Texas, tornado cyclone

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1365-1378

  Rasmussen, Erik N ^a,b   Straka, Jerry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DOPPLER RADAR; LIFE CYCLE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TORNADOES;

EDDY FLUX CONVERGENCE; VERIFICATION OF THE ORIGINS OF ROTATION IN TORNADOES EXPERIMENT (VORTEX);

STORMS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DOPPLER RADAR; LIFE CYCLE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STORMS; TORNADOES;

ADVECTION; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLOUD; CYCLONE; DOPPLER RADAR; EDDY; TORNADO;

DIMMIT COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247638004     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3829.1     Document Type: Article

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