Case study of the March 24, 1976 Elton,Louisiana tornado using satellite infrared imagery,doppler sounder,rawinsonde, and radar observations |
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Authors: | R J Hung R E Smith |
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Affiliation: | 1. The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 35899, Huntsville, Alabama 2. NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, 35812, Alabama
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Abstract: | The Elton, Louisiana tornado on March 24, 1976 has been studied using GOES digital infrared data for the growth and collapse of the cloud top, the temperature-height relationship and air mass instability from rawinsonde data, gravity waves from Doppler sounder records, and radar summaries from storm activity during the three-hour time period immediately preceding the touchdown of the tornado. In this case, the overshooting turret collapsed 30 minutes before the tornado touchdown as the eastward moving cloud reached Elton, Louisiana. Results show that the gravity waves were excited by the enhanced convection of the storm penetrating through the tropopause in the 2.5 hour time period before the tornado touched down. |
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