A statistical study of tornadoes and waterspouts in Japan from 1961 to 1993

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1730-1752

  Niino, Hiroshi ^a,c   Fujitani, Tokunosuke ^a,d   Watanabe, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Fukuoka Dist Meteorol Observatory   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

WATERSPOUTS;

TORNADOES;

EID: 0031177027     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1730:ASSOTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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