Classifying fronts in data from a VHF wind-profiling radar

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-380

  Lawson, John ^a,b   Vaughan, Geraint ^c   Schultz, David M ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cold fronts; MST radar; Occluded fronts; Warm fronts; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

COLD FRONT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MODELING; RADAR; WIND PROFILE; WIND SHEAR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859851091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.353     Document Type: Article

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