Convective modes for significant severe thunderstorms in the contiguous United States. Part III: Tropical cyclone tornadoes

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1507-1519

  Edwards, Roger ^a   Dean, Andrew R ^a   Thompson, Richard L ^a   Smith, Bryan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; RAPID UPDATE CYCLES; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL SHEAR;

FORECASTING; HURRICANES; RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THUNDERSTORMS;

TORNADOES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868318140     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00117.1     Document Type: Article

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