High-resolution, mobile Doppler radar observations of cyclic mesocyclogenesis in a supercell

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4997-5016

  French, Michael M ^a   Bluestein, Howard B ^a   Dowell, David C ^b,f   Wicker, Louis J ^c   Kramar, Matthew R ^d   Pazmany, Andrew L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ProSensing Inc   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC BEHAVIORS; DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATIONS; DOPPLER RADIAL VELOCITIES; GROUND-BASED; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MESOCYCLONES; MULTIPLE LEVELS; RADIAL WINDS; REAR FLANKS; SUPER CELLS; TORNADOGENESIS; VERTICAL VORTICITIES; VOLUMETRIC DATUM;

DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; TORNADOES; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

RADAR;

CYCLOGENESIS; DOPPLER RADAR; SUPERCELL; TORNADO; VORTICITY;

EID: 64149083427     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2407.1     Document Type: Article

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