Tornadoes in Germany 1950-2003 and their relation to particular weather conditions

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 124-138

  Bissolli, Peter ^a   Grieser, Jürgen ^b   Dotzek, Nikolai ^c   Welsch, Marcel ^d  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

thunderstorm days; tornado climatology; tornadoes; weather types classification

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; HUMIDITY; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; TROPOSPHERE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WEATHER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34247533326     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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