Regional characterization of Tornado activity

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 654-659

  Trapp, Robert J ^a   Brooks, Harold E ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate classification regimes; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION/REGIMES; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; GEO-SPATIAL; HIGH ACTIVITY; SOUTH ATLANTIC; STATISTICAL BEHAVIOR; UPPER MIDWESTS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; METEOROLOGY;

TORNADOES;

CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TORNADO;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875392505     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0173.1     Document Type: Article

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