Simulated tornadic vortex signatures of tornado-like vortices having one- and two-celled structures

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2338-2342

  Wood, Vincent T ^a   Brown, Rodger A ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

North America; Optimization; Radars Radar observations; Tornadoes; Tornadogenesis

Indexed keywords

BEAM WIDTHS; CORE REGION; DOPPLER VELOCITY; NORTH AMERICA; RANKINE VORTICES; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; TORNADIC VORTICES; TORNADO-LIKE VORTEX; TORNADOGENESIS; VORTEX MODEL;

DOPPLER RADAR; OPTIMIZATION; SEPARATION; STORMS; TORNADOES; VELOCITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER RADAR; FLOW STRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; TORNADO; VELOCITY PROFILE; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84862950043     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0118.1     Document Type: Article

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