Polarimetric and dual-doppler radar observations of the Lipscomb County, Texas, supercell thunderstorm on 23 May 2002

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 544-561

  Frame, Jeffrey ^a   Markowski, Paul ^a   Richardson, Yvette ^a   Straka, Jerry ^b   Wurman, Joshua ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Center for Severe Weather Research Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER; DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATION; DOPPLER WINDS; DUAL-DOPPLER OBSERVATIONS; FORWARD-FLANK DOWNDRAFTS; HORIZONTAL VORTICITY; HYDROMETEOR CLASSIFICATION; MESOCYCLONES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; POLARIMETRIC RADAR OBSERVATION; SUPER CELL; SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; FUZZY LOGIC; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR; THUNDERSTORMS;

VORTICITY;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DOPPLER RADAR; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STORM TRACK; SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM;

LIPSCOMB COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68249140010     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2425.1     Document Type: Article

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