The Lagrange Tornado during VORTEX2. Part I: Photogrammetric analysis of the Tornado combined with single-Doppler radar data

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2233-2258

  Wakimoto, Roger M ^a   Atkins, Nolan T ^b   Wurman, Joshua ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Center for Severe Weather Research Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud tracking cloud motion winds; Radars Radar observations; Supercells; Surface observations; Tornadoes; Tornadogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TIME; AZIMUTHAL SHEAR; CLOUD TRACKING/CLOUD MOTION WINDS; CROSS SECTION; DAMAGING WIND; DATA SETS; ECHO PATTERNS; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAGRANGE; LOW LEVEL; POSITIVE VALUE; RADAR ANALYSIS; RADAR BEAM; RADAR DATA; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; ROTATIONAL VELOCITY; SUPER CELL; SURFACE OBSERVATIONS; TAPERED STRUCTURE; TORNADOGENESIS; WYOMING;

DEBRIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; HOOKS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RADAR CROSS SECTION; REFLECTION; STORMS;

TORNADOES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLOUD; DATA SET; DOPPLER RADAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SUPERCELL; TORNADO; VISUALIZATION; WIND;

EID: 79960716260     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3568.1     Document Type: Article

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