Significant Variations of Radiosonde Ascent Rates Observed Above a Severe Tornadic Thunderstorm

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• Personal Author:
  Blackmore, W.H.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Weather Service
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NWS (National Weather Service) ; OBS (Office of Observations)
• Description:
  Lane, et al (2003) examined radiosonde data and showed that changes in the radiosonde ascent rate can be caused by gravity waves generated by nearby thunderstorms. A preliminary report by Blackmore and Kardell (2012) examined more than a dozen cases of radiosonde ascent rates above 20 km where there were strong variations in ascent rate. Gravity waves induced by severe thunderstorms were suspected as a common cause for them.
• Keywords:
  Gravity Waves Radiosondes Thunderstorms Tornadoes Gravity Waves
• Series:
  Upper Air Observations Program technical report   2017-1
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/ed9n-dy59
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  NOAA National Weather Service ; NOAA Office of Observations
• Document Type:
  Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
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  urn:sha-512:c1da1539f69a902a12b0f800736e8b5067dc9302d0fa210f11740604ce30822c8eaee6fcbfabe6f1dce48e224e446a764b06a0964b7ec387d2c71d3788e0dec8
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