A dual-wavelength polarimetric analysis of the 16 may 2010 Oklahoma city extreme hailstorm

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1385-1403

  Picca, J ^a,b   Ryzhkov, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hail; Radars radar observations; Supercells

Indexed keywords

C-BANDS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; HIGH RESOLUTION; OKLAHOMA; OKLAHOMA CITY; POLARIMETRIC ANALYSIS; POLARIMETRIC DATA; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; SUPER CELL; TWO WAVELENGTH; UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA;

INNOVATION; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; STORMS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAIL; RADAR; SUPERCELL; SWATH BATHYMETRY; THRESHOLD; WAVELENGTH;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861541265     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00112.1     Document Type: Article

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