Does global warming influence tornado activity?

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Volumn 89, Issue 53, 2008, Pages 553-554

  Diffenbaugh, N S ^a   Tkapp, R J ^a   Brooks, H ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; TORNADO;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60149097538     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008EO530001     Document Type: Article

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