Surface analysis near and within the Tipton, Kansas, Tornado on 29 May 2008

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 370-386

  Lee, Bruce D ^a   Finley, Catherine A ^a   Samaras, Timothy M ^b  

^a Product Research and Development at NextEra Analytics   (United States)

^b National Technical Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiments; Radars radar observations; Surface observations; Thermodynamics; Tornadoes; Tornadogenesis

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; EASTERN EDGE; FIELD ANALYSIS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; REAR-FLANK; SOURCE REGION; SURFACE FLOW; SURFACE OBSERVATION; THERMODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; TORNADOGENESIS;

BUOYANCY; STORMS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

TORNADOES;

BUOYANCY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLOGENESIS; DOPPLER RADAR; FIELD METHOD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OUTFLOW; THERMODYNAMICS; TORNADO;

KANSAS; TIPTON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953166829     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3454.1     Document Type: Article

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