The 8 may 2009 superderecho: Analysis of a real-time explicit convective forecast

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 863-892

  Weisman, Morris L ^a   Evans, Clark ^a,c   Bosart, Lance ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC ZONES; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFTS; MESOSCALE VORTICES; OBSERVED SYSTEMS; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; VERTICAL VORTICITY; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

REFLECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; FORECASTING METHOD; JET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STORM; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX; VORTICITY; WIND SHEAR;

ILLINOIS; KANSAS; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880026151     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-12-00023.1     Document Type: Article

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