The increasing efficiency of tornado days in the United States

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 651-659

  Elsner, James B ^a   Elsner, Svetoslava C ^a   Jagger, Thomas H ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster; Efficiency; Outbreak; Tornado; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932194287     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2277-3     Document Type: Article

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