An analysis of the axisymmetric three-dimensional low level wind field in a tornado using mobile radar observations

Karen A. Kosiba; Robert J. Trapp; Joshua Wurman

doi:10.1029/2007GL031851

An analysis of the axisymmetric three-dimensional low level wind field in a tornado using mobile radar observations

Karen A. Kosiba, Robert J. Trapp, Joshua Wurman

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The purpose of this letter is to present an analysis of the three-dimensional wind field retrieved from mobile Doppler radar data of the 12 May 2004 Harper, KS tornadoes. The derived three-dimensional vortex structure and its surrounding flow show marked temporal and spatial variability. This has significant implications on the numerical modeling of tornado-scale flow.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	L05805
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	35
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL031851
State	Published - Mar 16 2008
Externally published	Yes

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