The existence of descending reflectivity cores in rear-flank appendages of supercells

23rd AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms, SLS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kennedy, Aaron D ^a   Straka, Jerry M ^a   Rasmussen, Erik N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER ANALYSIS; FRONT FLANK; TORNADOGENESIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER RADAR; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

TORNADOES;

EID: 84858480306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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