Observational evidence for exponential tornado intensity distributions over specific kinetic energy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Dotzek, Nikolai ^a   Kurgansky, Michael V ^b,c   Grieser, Jürgen ^d   Feuerstein, Bernold ^e   Névir, Peter ^f  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEED; THUNDERSTORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

MESOCYCLONIC TORNADO; RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTION; TORNADO INTENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

TORNADOES;

TORNADO; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 32644439297     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024583     Document Type: Article

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