A three-dimensional numerical simulation of splitting severe storms on 3 April 1964 ( Oklahoma).

R. B. Wilhelmson, J. B. Klemp

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Abstract

A three-dimensional numerical storm model is used to investigate the observed splitting of several reflectivity echoes on 3 April 1964 in Oklahoma. Representative soundings from this day exhibit a nearly one-directional environmental wind shear vector and the presence of strong low-level wind shear. In the numerical simulation an initial cloud splits into two long-lived rotating storms, one that moves to the left of the mean winds and the other to the right.-from Authors

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1581-1600
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume38
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1981

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