A dual-polarization-radar-based assessment of the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City Area tornadic supercell

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2849-2870

  Romine, Glen S ^a   Burgess, Donald W ^b,c   Wilhelmson, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DAMAGE DETECTION; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

DUAL POLARIZATIONS; IN-SITU; METROPOLITAN AREAS; OKLAHOMA; OKLAHOMA CITY; POLARIMETRIC FEATURES; RADAR NETWORKS; REAR-FLANK; STORM MORPHOLOGY; SUPER CELLS; TERMINAL DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR;

RADAR;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DOPPLER RADAR; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODELING; STORM TRACK; SUPERCELL; TORNADO; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [OKLAHOMA (STT)]; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53249121901     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2330.1     Document Type: Article

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