The temporal evolution of convective indices in storm-producing environments

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 786-794

  Wagner, Timothy J ^a   Feltz, Wayne F ^a   Ackerman, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIANCE INTERFEROMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS; CONVECTIVE INDICES; DATA SETS; MEDIAN VALUES; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATIONS; SEVERE WEATHERS; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; SUPER CELLS; TEMPORAL CHANGES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTIONS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE RETRIEVALS; TIME AND SPACES; WIND PROFILERS; WIND SHEARS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THUNDERSTORMS;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA SET; HAIL; NOAA SATELLITE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SUPERCELL; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THUNDERSTORM; WIND PROFILE; WIND SHEAR;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 65549153917     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2007046.1     Document Type: Article

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