A 10-year spatial climatology of squall line storms across Oklahoma

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 765-775

  Hocker, James E ^a   Basara, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Oklahoma; Severe storms; Squall lines; Storm climatology

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS; TORNADOES; WIND;

SEVERE STORMS; SQUALL LINES; STORM CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GIS; SQUALL LINE; STORM TRACK; THUNDERSTORM;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349118491     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1579     Document Type: Article

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