Electrical and polarimetric radar observations of a multicell storm in TELEX

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2525-2544

  Bruning, Eric C ^a   Rust, W David ^a   Schuur, Terry J ^a   MacGorman, Donald R ^a   Krehbiel, Paul R ^b   Rison, William ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING; MAPPING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; THUNDERSTORMS;

ELECTRIC FIELD METER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL RADAR; HYDROMETTEORS; POLARIMETRIC RADAR;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; ELECTRIC FIELD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LIGHTNING; MAPPING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; THUNDERSTORM;

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

EID: 34547650782     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3421.1     Document Type: Article

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