Case study of the 20 May 2008 tornadic storm in Hungary - Remote sensing features and NWP simulation

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 657-679

  Putsay, M ^a   Simon, A ^a   Szenyan I ^a   Kerkmann, J ^b   Horváth, Gy ^a  

^a HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Hungary)

^b EUMETSAT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud top features; Cloud top microphysics; Cold ring; Numerical simulation; Severe storm

Indexed keywords

AIR COLUMN; AMBIENT AIR; BOW ECHOES; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COLD-RING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC PROCESS; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; HELICITIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL VORTICITY; HUNGARY; ICE CRYSTALS; INFRARED IMAGES; INSTABILITY INDEX; LOW LEVEL; MESOCYCLONES; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MICROPHYSICS; MODERATE VALUE; NUMERIC MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RADAR DATA; RADAR IMAGE; SENSING FEATURES; SEVERE STORMS; SEVERE WEATHER; STORM SYSTEMS; TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS; TOTAL LIGHTNING; TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER; U SHAPE; VERTICAL ACCELERATIONS; VORTICITY EQUATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFRARED IMAGING; LIGHTNING; PHYSICS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THUNDERSTORMS; VORTICITY; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOGENESIS; FORECASTING METHOD; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEVERE WEATHER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; VORTICITY; WATER CONTENT;

HUNGARY;

EID: 79955664632     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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