A climatology of tornado intensity assessments

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 513-524

  Strader, Stephen M ^a   Ashley, Walker ^a   Irizarry, Ashley ^a   Hall, Sarah ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fujita scale; Intensity; Joplin, MO; Storm data; Survey; Tornado

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; LAND USE; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SURVEYING; SURVEYS; TORNADOES;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DAMAGE INDICATOR; FUJITA SCALE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTENSITY; SPATIAL MEASURES; TORNADO INTENSITY; WIND VELOCITIES;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STORM; TORNADO; WIND VELOCITY;

JOPLIN; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936934555     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1482     Document Type: Article

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