Potential vorticity diagnosis of the severe convective regime. Part I: Methodology

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1565-1581

  Gold, David A ^a,b,c   Nielsen Gammon, John W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PPM Energy Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOUNDING ROCKETS; TORNADOES; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WIND;

UPPER-TROPOSPHERIC FORECAST ERRORS; WIND PERTURBATIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; MIXING RATIO; MODELING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEVERE WEATHER; TORNADO; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 44949138802     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2090.1     Document Type: Article

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