Severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings in Europe

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 369-380

  Rauhala, Jenni ^a   Schultz, David M ^a,b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Convective storms; Forecasting; Severe thunderstorm warnings; Tornado warnings; Verification

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE STORMS; REAL-TIME FORECASTING; SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS; SEVERE WEATHER; THUNDERSTORM FORECASTS; TORNADO WARNINGS; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; WARNING CRITERIA;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; TORNADOES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

THUNDERSTORMS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; WARNING SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349128633     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.09.026     Document Type: Article

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