Empirically based probabilistic tornado hazard analysis of the United States using 1973-2011 data

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Standohar Alfano, Christine D ^a   Van De Lindt, John W ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard analysis; Tornado; Wind damage; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; WIND;

AVERAGE NUMBERS; DAMAGE SURVEYS; EMPIRICAL METHOD; HAZARD ANALYSIS; HAZARD INDICES; TORNADO OUTBREAK; WIND DAMAGE; WIND SPEED;

TORNADOES;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TORNADO; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921325952     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: 15276996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000138     Document Type: Article

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