The tornadoes of spring 2011 in the USA: An historical perspective

Weather

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 88-94

  Doswell III, Charles A ^a,b   Carbin, Gregory W ^c   Brooks, Harold E ^d  

^a Doswell Scientific Consulting   (United States)

^b Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies ^*  (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SPRING (SEASON); TORNADO;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859347484     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.1902     Document Type: Review

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