Tornado climatology of Canada revisited: Tornado activity during different phases of ENSO

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 915-938

  Etkin, David ^a   Brun, Soren E ^b   Shabbar, Amir ^a   Joe, Paul ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b GIS Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Climatology; ENSO; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDS;

TORNADIC ACTIVITY;

TORNADOES;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; TORNADO;

CANADA;

EID: 0035973148     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.654     Document Type: Article

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