The use of the word ‘tornado’ in west Africa and the eastern tropical Atlantic

Weather

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 60-62

  Kenworthy, Joan M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 19144363782     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1477-8696.2000.tb04031.x     Document Type: Article

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