Historical roots of modern tornado forecasts and warnings

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 484-491

  Bradford, Marlene ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL METHODS; TORNADOES;

TORNADO WARNING SYSTEMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; TORNADO; WARNING SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033378709     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0484:HROMTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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