An integrated damage, visual, and radar analysis of the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma, EF5 Tornado

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1549-1561

  Atkins, Nolan T ^a   Butler, Kelly M ^a   Flynn, Kayla R ^a   Wakimoto, Roger M ^b  

^a LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; RADAR; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; TORNADOES;

CARTESIAN GRID; CROSS-CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUAL-POLARIZED; OKLAHOMA CITY; RADAR ANALYSIS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; TORNADOGENESIS; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

EID: 84910681778     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00033.1     Document Type: Article

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