Statistical modeling of tornado intensity distributions

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 2003, Pages 163-187

  Dotzek, Nikolai ^a   Grieser, Jürgen ^b   Brooks, Harold E ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity distribution; Risk assessment; Statistical climatology; Tornado

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE WEATHER; TORNADO; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 0141738348     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(03)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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