Back to basics: The tornado, Nature's most violent wind: Part 2 — Formation and current research

Weather

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 66-72

  Snow, John T ^a   Wyatt, Amy Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0344570835     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1998.tb03962.x     Document Type: Article

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