Comments on "a simple model for simulating tornado damage in forests"

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 726-731

  Dotzek, Nikolai ^a   Peterson, Richard E ^b   Feuerstein, Bernold ^c,e   Hubrig, Martin ^d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d Skywarn Deutschland ^*  (Germany)

^e European Severe Storms Laboratory ESSL   (Germany)

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EID: 57649217427     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1730.1     Document Type: Note

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