A statistical study of the association of DRCs with supercells and tornadoes

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1191-1199

  Kennedy, Aaron ^a   Straka, Jerry M ^a   Rasmussen, Erik N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; TORNADOES;

DESCENDING REFLECTIVITY CORE; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER RESOLUTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA SET; NOWCASTING; REFLECTIVITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERCELL; TORNADO; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 38849162123     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007WAF2006095.1     Document Type: Article

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