Observations of tornadoes and wall clouds with a portable FM-CW Doppler radar: 1989--1990 results

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6712368

Bluestein, H B ^[1]; Unruh, W P ^[2]

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1. Oklahoma Univ., Norman, OK (USA). School of Meteorology
2. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)

The purpose of this paper is to report on our progress using a portable, 1 W,FM (frequency modulated)-CW (continuous wave) Doppler radar developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), to make measurements of the wind field in tornadoes and wall clouds along with simultaneous visual documentation. Results using a CW version of the radar in 1987--1988 are given in Bluestein and Unruh (1989). 18 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/MA; National Science Foundation (NSF)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6712368
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-90-2161; CONF-9010120-1; ON: DE90013152; CNN: ATM-8902594; X14U
• Resource Relation: Conference: 16. conference on severe local storms, Alta (Canada), 22-26 Oct 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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