Radar and lightning observations of the 3 June 2000 electrically inverted storm from STEPS

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3665-3681

  Tessendorf, Sarah A ^a,c   Wiens, Kyle C ^b   Rutledge, Steven A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; FUZZY LOGIC; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ELECTRICALLY INVERTED STORM; ISOLATED CONVECTIVE STORM; POLARIMETRIC RADAR; RADAR REFLECTIVITY;

THUNDERSTORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; HAIL; LIGHTNING; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 36748998845     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2006MWR1953.1     Document Type: Article

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