Genesis of the goshen county, wyoming, tornado on 5 june 2009 during VORTEX2

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1157-1181

  Kosiba, Karen ^a   Wurman, Joshua ^a   Richardson, Yvette ^b   Markowski, Paul ^b   Robinson, Paul ^a   Marquis, James ^b  

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

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER VELOCITY; HORIZONTAL VORTICITY; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; MOBILE RADARS; REAR-FLANK; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC FIELDS; TORNADOGENESIS;

THERMOANALYSIS;

TORNADOES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CYCLOGENESIS; DOPPLER RADAR; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUPERCELL; THERMODYNAMICS; TORNADO; WIND;

GOSHEN COUNTY; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84878208377     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00056.1     Document Type: Article

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