Extreme winds and windthrow in the Western Columbia River Gorge

Northwest Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-182

  Sinton, Diana S ^a   Jones, Julia A ^a  

^a ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETURN PERIOD; STORM DAMAGE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND VELOCITY; WINDTHROW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036097617     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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