Variability in tornado frequency associated with U.S. landfalling tropical cyclones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Belanger, James I ^a   Curry, Judith A ^a   Hoyos, Carlos D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANES; MOISTURE; STORMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GULF OF MEXICO; LANDFALLING; LANDFALLING TROPICAL CYCLONES; MODIFIED MODEL; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; STATISTICAL MODELS; TORNADO OUTBREAK;

TORNADOES;

CLIMATOLOGY; HUMIDITY; RECONSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TORNADO; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 71949097701     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040013     Document Type: Article

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