Observations of the surface boundary structure within the 23 may 2007 perryton, texas, supercell

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3730-3749

  Skinner, Patrick S ^a   Weiss, Christopher C ^a   Schroeder, John L ^a   Wicker, Louis J ^b   Biggerstaff, Michael I ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ observations; Supercells; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

AIR PARCELS; ANALYSIS OF DATA; GUST FRONTS; HORIZONTAL VORTICITY; IN-SITU DATA; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; REAR-FLANK; SHARED MOBILE ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND TEACHINGS; SUPER CELL; SURFACE BOUNDARIES; THERMODYNAMIC PERTURBATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; PROBES; STORMS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TORNADOES; WATER VAPOR;

TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BAROCLINIC MODE; KINEMATICS; PERTURBATION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; TORNADO; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855794610     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-10-05078.1     Document Type: Article

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