Estimating mass and momentum fluxes in a line of cumulonimbus using a single high-resolution Doppler radar

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 634 A, 2008, Pages 1127-1141

  Hogan, Robin T ^a   Illingworth, Anthony J ^a   Halladay, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back building storm; Droppler radar; Up gradient momentum flux; Updraught

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; RADAR; RADIO; STORMS; TRACKING RADAR; FLUXES; MOMENTUM;

BACK-BUILDING STORM; DROPPLER RADAR; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; UP-GRADIENT MOMENTUM FLUX; UPDRAUGHT; CONSECUTIVE SCANS; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; ENGLAND; FRONTAL SURFACES; GUST FRONTS; HORIZONTAL WINDS; LIFE-TIMES; MASS FLUXES; MEAN WINDS; MOMENTUM FLUXES; SQUALL LINES; STORM CELLS; SYNTHESIS OF; TOTAL MASSES; UPPER TROPOSPHERES; VELOCITY FIELDS; VERTICAL SCANS; VERTICAL SHEARS; WIND FIELDS; WIND FLOWS;

RADAR TRACKING; RADAR;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CUMULONIMBUS; DOPPLER RADAR; MASS TRANSFER; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; SQUALL LINE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY; AIR MASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; STORM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50949124306     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.286     Document Type: Article

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