Variability of central United States April-May tornado day likelihood by phase of the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2790-2795

  Barrett, Bradford S ^a   Gensini, Victor A ^b  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Oakton Community College and College of DuPage   (United States)

Author keywords

intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian Oscillation; tornado

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; EXTENDED RANGE; HELICITIES; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

CLIMATOLOGY;

TORNADOES;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TORNADO; TROPOSPHERE; WIND SHEAR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879967640     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50522     Document Type: Article

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