Frontal and radar refractivity analyses of the dryline on 11 June 2002 during IHOP

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 228-241

  Wakimoto, Roger M ^a   Murphey, Hanne V ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE DOPPLER RADAR; APPROXIMATE KINEMATICS; CLEAR AIR; DOPPLER WINDS; DRY AIR; ECHO REGIONS; MOISTURE EXTRUSION; MOISTURE GRADIENT; QUASI-LINEAR; RADAR REFRACTIVITY; TRANSVERSE ROLLS;

DOPPLER RADAR; EXTRUSION; KINEMATICS; MOISTURE; RADAR; REFRACTION;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SENSOR; AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; DOPPLER RADAR; KINEMATICS; MOISTURE CONTENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REFLECTIVITY; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 77953180399     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2991.1     Document Type: Article

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