Polarimetric radar observations at low levels during tornado life cycles in a small sample of classic southern plains supercells

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1232-1247

  Van Den Broeke, Matthew S ^a   Straka, Jerry M ^a,c   Rasmussen, Erik N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Rasmussen Systems   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; LIFE CYCLE; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; REFLECTION;

CHARACTERISTIC SIGNATURES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITIES; ECHO REGIONS; HEAVY RAINS; LOCAL MAXIMUMS; LOW CORRELATIONS; POLARIMETRIC RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SMALL SAMPLES; TORNADOGENESIS;

TORNADOES;

HAIL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; STORM; SUPERCELL; TORNADO;

EID: 57649158628     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1714.1     Document Type: Article

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