Synoptic composites of tornadic and nontornadic outbreaks

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2590-2608

  Mercer, Andrew E ^a   Shafer, Chad M ^b   Doswell, Charles A ^b   Leslie, Lance M ^c   Richman, Michael B ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Principal components analysis; Severe storms; Statistical forecasting; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867947646     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00029.1     Document Type: Erratum

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