Potential vorticity diagnosis of the severe convective regime. Part III: The Hesston tornado outbreak

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1593-1611

  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

STORMS; TORNADOES; VORTICITY;

HESSTON OUTBREAK; STORM MOTION VECTOR; STORM-RELATIVE HELICITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MODELING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEVERE WEATHER; TORNADO; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 44949158896     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2092.1     Document Type: Article

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