WSR-88D radar, tornado warnings, and tornado casualties

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-310

  Simmons, Kevin M ^a   Sutter, Daniel ^b  

^a AUSTIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; DOPPLER RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TORNADOES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LIFE-SAVING EFFECTS; TORNADO CASUALTIES; TORNADO WARNINGS; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADARS (WSR);

SURVEILLANCE RADAR;

DOPPLER RADAR; TORNADO; WARNING SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 23144440962     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF857.1     Document Type: Article

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