Doppler radar and lightning network observations of a severe outbreak of tropical cyclone tornadoes

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1747-1763

  McCaul Jr , Eugene W ^a   Buechler, Dennis E ^b   Goodman, Steven J ^c   Cammarata, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d National Weather Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEMODULATION; LIGHTNING; OBSERVATORIES; STORMS; TORNADOES;

LIGHTNING NETWORK; SUPERCELLS;

DOPPLER RADAR;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER RADAR; LIGHTNING; STORM TRACK; SUPERCELL; TORNADO; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 3943082654     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1747:DRALNO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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