Editing Mesocyclone (section)

== Identification ==
The most reliable way to detect a mesocyclone is by [[Pulse-Doppler radar|Doppler]] weather radar. Nearby high values of opposite sign within velocity data are how they are detected.<ref name=AMS-glossary-meso-signtr/> Mesocyclones are most often located in the right-rear flank of supercell thunderstorms and when embedded within squall lines (whereas mesovortices most often form in the front flank of squall lines), and may be distinguished by a [[hook echo]] rotation signature on a weather radar map. Visual cues such as a rotating [[wall cloud]] or tornado may also hint at the presence of a mesocyclone. This is why the term has entered into wider usage in connection with rotating features in severe storms.
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File:Wall cloud with lightning - NOAA.jpg|Mesocyclones are sometimes visually identifiable by a rotating wall cloud like the one in this thunderstorm over Texas.
File:Radar-algorithme eng.gif|[[Mesocyclone detection algorithm]] output on tornadic cells in Northern Michigan on July 3, 1999.
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