Total CAPE, low-level CAPE, and LFC in significant tornado events with relatively high LCL heights

23rd AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms, SLS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Davies, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a Private Meteorologist   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISASTERS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

SUPERCELL EVOLUTION; SUPERCELL TORNADOS;

TORNADOES;

EID: 85099488260     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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