Dryline characteristics near Lubbock, Texas, based on radar and west Texas mesonet data for May 2005 and May 2006

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 392-406

  Geerts, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CURING; DRYING; RADAR;

A-DENSITY; AIR DENSITIES; CONVECTIVE INITIATION; DRY AIR; DRY LINE; MOIST AIRS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURES; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAPID COOLING;

AIR;

AIR MASS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CONVERGENCE; DENSITY CURRENT; DRY DEPOSITION; RADAR IMAGERY; REFLECTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LUBBOCK; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48649087170     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007WAF2007044.1     Document Type: Article

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