A climatology of mid-tropospheric mesoscale strong wind events as observed by the MST radar, Aberystwyth

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-354

  Parton, Graham ^a   Dore, Anthony ^b   Vaughan, Geraint ^c  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Norwegian cyclone model; Radiosonde; Shapiro Keyser model; Sting jet; Wind profiles

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; IONOSPHERE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR; RADIOSONDES; STORMS; WIND;

CYCLONE MODELS; FINDING ALGORITHM; PEAK WIND SPEED; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); RADIOSONDE DATAS; TROPOSPHERIC WINDS; WIND PROFILES; WIND-PROFILING RADAR;

TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; JET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MESOSPHERE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RADIOSONDE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND; WIND PROFILE;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 77956800399     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.203     Document Type: Article

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