Fatalities associated with nonconvective high-wind events in the United States

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 717-725

  Ashley, Walker S ^a   Black, Alan W ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WIND;

DOWNSLOPE; DUST STORMS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; GAP WINDS; HIGH WINDS; IN VEHICLES; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; SOCIAL VULNERABILITIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; UNITED STATES; WIND EVENTS; WIND GUSTS;

STORMS;

DATABASE; HURRICANE; MORTALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM DAMAGE; STORM TRACK; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; WIND VELOCITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849157674     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1689.1     Document Type: Article

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