On the decay of supercells through a "downscale transition" visual documentation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4013-4028

  Bluestein, Howard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPPING INVERSIONS; COLD POOLS; CONVECTIVE STORMS; SUPER CELLS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; VERTICAL SHEARS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOWNSCALING; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADAR IMAGERY; SHEAR FLOW; STORM; SUPERCELL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 57149140348     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2358.1     Document Type: Article

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