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RISSurface Winds and Development of Thunderstorms along Southwest–Northeast Oriented Mountain Chains
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Northern Switzerland is characterized by a plateau (Swiss Mittelland) between two parallel southwest?northeast-running mountain chains: the Alps to the southeast of the plateau and the Jura to its northwest. Under the same ...
On the Performance of a Low-Cost K-Band Doppler Radar for Quantitative Rain Measurements
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper deals with the ability of a vertically pointing, FM?CW Doppler radar to measure quantitatively raindrop size distributions and rainfall intensity. The wavelength of the radar is 12.5 mm (K band). To improve ...
The Origin of Severe Winds in a Tornadic Bow-Echo Storm over Northern Switzerland
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A severe bow-echo storm over northern Switzerland is investigated. Wind damage occurred along a track 15 km long and some 100 m wide. Damage data, meteorological data from a ground micronet, and Doppler radar data are ...