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Hook Echoes

A "Hook Echoes" is a radar reflectivity signature characterized by a hook-shaped extension of precipitation extending from the main thunderstorm echo, typically indicative of a mesocyclone and associated with supercell thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes.

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2017–2026

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Observations of Tornadoes and Other Convective Phenomena with a Mobile, 3–mm Wavelength, Doppler Radar: The Spring 1999 Field Experiment

Howard B. Bluestein, Andrew L. Pazmany · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2000 · 126 citations

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Simulated Supercells in Nontornadic and Tornadic VORTEX2 Environments

Brice E. Coffer, Matthew D. Parker · Monthly Weather Review · 2016 · 111 citations

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Hailstorms in Switzerland: Left Movers, Right Movers, and False Hooks

Robert A. Houze, W. Schmid, Robert G. Fovell et al. · Monthly Weather Review · 1993 · 96 citations

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Finescale Radar Observations of Tornado and Mesocyclone Structures

Joshua Wurman, Karen Kosiba · Weather and Forecasting · 2013 · 86 citations

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The LaGrange Tornado during VORTEX2. Part I: Photogrammetric Analysis of the Tornado Combined with Single-Doppler Radar Data

Roger M. Wakimoto, Nolan T. Atkins, Joshua Wurman · Monthly Weather Review · 2010 · 76 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RM
    Roger M. Wakimoto

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    4 publications · 209 citations

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  2. HB
    Howard B. Bluestein

    University of Oklahoma, United States

    3 publications · 193 citations

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  3. JW
    Joshua Wurman

    Center for Severe Weather Research, United States

    3 publications · 192 citations

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  4. NT
    Nolan T. Atkins

    Lyndon State College, United States

    3 publications · 145 citations

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  5. AL
    Andrew L. Pazmany

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    2 publications · 154 citations

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Institutions

29

  1. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    537 citations

  2. Center for Severe Weather Research

    Boulder, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    321 citations

  3. NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory

    Norman, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    311 citations

  4. Lyndon State College

    Lyndonville, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    244 citations

  5. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    186 citations

  6. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    106 citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    160 citations

  8. Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies

    Norman, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    90 citations

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Venues

  1. Monthly Weather Review

    16 publications · 772 citations

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  2. Weather and Forecasting

    3 publications · 161 citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

    JAMC · 2 publications · 97 citations

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  4. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

    BAMS · 2 publications · 149 citations

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  5. E-Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology

    EJSSM · 1 publications · 47 citations

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