Tornado risk analysis: Is dixie alley an extension of Tornado alley

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-441

  Dixon, P Grady ^a   Mercer, Andrew E ^a   Choi, Jinmu ^b   Allen, Jared S ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; OKLAHOMA;

DECISION MAKING; RESEARCH; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS;

TORNADOES;

EID: 79957458272     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010BAMS3102.1     Document Type: Article

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