Peak tornado activity is occurring earlier in the heart of "tornado Alley

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 6259-6264

  Long, John A ^a   Stoy, Paul C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TORNADOES;

CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE TRENDS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; NATIONAL LEVEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SEVERE CONVECTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TORNADO;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84907947637     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061385     Document Type: Article

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