A reanalysis climatology of cool-season tornado environments over southern Australia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2079-2090

  Kounkou, R ^a   Mills, G ^b   Timbal, B ^b  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climatology; Cool season tornadoes; Reanalysis

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE MODEL; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DATA SETS; DIAGNOSTIC INDICATORS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE; NCEP/NCAR; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE SOUNDINGS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECHNIQUES USED; TYPICAL CLIMATES; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; STORMS; TORNADOES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TURPENTINE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ASSIMILATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THRESHOLD; TORNADO; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND SHEAR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 71449118840     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1856     Document Type: Article

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