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Bluestein, Howard B.

Severe Convective Storms and Tornadoes Observations and Dynamics / [electronic resource] : by Howard B. Bluestein. - XXVII, 456 p. 241 illus., 144 illus. in color. online resource. - Springer Praxis Books . - Springer Praxis Books .

Basic equations -- Observing systems and the analysis and interpretation of their data -- Ordinary-cell convective storms -- Supercells -- Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) -- Tornadoes -- Forecasting -- Areas of future research -- Theory.

This book is a focussed, comprehensive reference on recent research on severe convective storms and tornadoes. It will contain many illustrations of severe storm phenomena from mobile Doppler radars, operational Doppler radars, photographs and numerical simulations.

ISBN: 9783642053818

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-642-05381-8 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Earth sciences.
Meteorology.
Atmospheric sciences.
Remote sensing.
Geoecology.
Environmental geology.
Earth Sciences.
Atmospheric Sciences.
Meteorology.
Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.
Geoecology/Natural Processes.

LC Class. No.: QC851-999

Dewey Class. No.: 551.5