A climatological analysis of heatbursts in Oklahoma (1994-2009)

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 531-544

  Mcpherson, Renee A ^a   Lane, Justin D ^b   Crawford, Kenneth C ^a   Mcpherson, William G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat burst; Heatburst; Multi criteria analysis; Oklahoma Mesonet

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AREAL COVERAGE; CLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; DEEP MOIST CONVECTION; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; HEAT BURST; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; OKLAHOMA; OKLAHOMA MESONET; RADAR ECHOES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SHORT DURATIONS; SPATIAL EXTENT;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; REFLECTION; THUNDERSTORMS;

RADAR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DEW POINT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; THUNDERSTORM;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952302607     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2087     Document Type: Article

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