The pretornadic phase of the Goshen County, Wyoming, supercell of 5 June 2009 intercepted by VORTEX2. Part II: Intensification of low-level rotation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2916-2938

  Markowski, Paul ^a   Richardson, Yvette ^a   Marquis, James ^a   Davies Jones, Robert ^b   Wurman, Joshua ^c   Kosiba, Karen ^c   Robinson, Paul ^c   Rasmussen, Erik ^d   Dowell, David ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Center for Severe Weather Research Colorado   (United States)

^d Rasmussen Systems   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective storms; Tornadogenesis

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE STORMS; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; ISO SURFACE; LOW LEVEL; SUPER CELL; TORNADOGENESIS; VERTICAL FLUXES; WYOMING;

REFLECTION;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLONE; STORM; SUPERCELL; TORNADO;

GOSHEN COUNTY; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84867921173     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00337.1     Document Type: Article

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