Comment on "why do tornados and hailstorms rest on weekends?" by D. Rosenfeld and T. Bell

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7332-7338

  Yuter, Sandra E ^a   Miller, Matthew A ^a   Parker, Matthew D ^a   Markowski, Paul M ^b   Richardson, Yvette ^b   Brooks, Harold ^c   Straka, Jerry M ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol; hail; supercell; tornado; weekly cycle

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TORNADOES;

SUPER CELL; WEEKLY CYCLE;

STORMS;

AEROSOL; HAIL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; TORNADO;

EID: 84880865267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50526     Document Type: Article

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