A simple model for simulating tornado damage in forests

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1597-1611

  Holland, Andrew P ^a   Riordan, Allen J ^b   Franklin, E C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THUNDERSTORMS; TORNADOES; WIND EFFECTS;

DAMAGE PATTERNS; TORNADIC WINDS; TORNADO CIRCULATION; TORNADO DAMAGE;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOREST; STORM DAMAGE; TORNADO; VORTEX; WIND FIELD;

DAMAGE; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS TAEDA; SIMULATION; TREES; WIND;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33846229285     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2413.1     Document Type: Article

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