Surface analysis of the rear-flank downdraft outflow in two tornadic supercells

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2344-2363

  Hirth, Brian D ^a   Schroeder, John L ^a   Weiss, Christopher C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE;

DATA COLLECTIONS; DATA SAMPLES; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURES; REAR-FLANK; SUPERCELLS; SURFACE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TORNADIC SUPERCELLS; VARIATIONS OF;

SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; KINEMATICS; OUTFLOW; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SUPERCELL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TORNADO;

EID: 52149112873     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2285.1     Document Type: Article

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