Near-surface intensification of tornado vortices

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2176-2194

  Lewellen, D C ^a   Lewellen, W S ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SWIRLING FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

CORNER FLOW; NEAR-SURFACE INTENSIFICATION; TORNADO VARIABILITY; TORNADOGENESIS;

TORNADOES;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SWIRLING FLOW; TORNADOES; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TORNADO; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 34547817034     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3965.1     Document Type: Article

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