"Bow Echo over
Paducah, KY"
05 May 1996
References
The COMET Program has developed
Web-based training titled, Mesoscale
Convective Systems: Squall Lines and Bow Echoes
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Przybylinski, Ron W., 1995: The Bow Echo: Observations, Numerical Simulations, and Severe Weather Detection Methods. Weather and Forecasting, 10, 203-218.
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