An analysis of the axisymmetric three-dimensional low level wind field in a tornado using mobile radar observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kosiba, Karen A ^a   Trapp, Robert J ^a   Wurman, Joshua ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Severe Weather Research Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TORNADOES; VORTEX FLOW;

SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; VORTEX STRUCTURE; WIND FIELD;

WIND;

DOPPLER RADAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TORNADO; VORTEX; WIND FIELD;

EID: 43549125785     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031851     Document Type: Article

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