The time cost of tornado warnings and the savings with storm-based warnings

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-112

  Sutter, Daniel ^a   Erickson, Somer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 79959901645     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WCAS1011.1     Document Type: Article

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