Variability of tornado climatology across the continental United States

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2993-3006

  Farney, Tory J ^a   Dixon, P Grady ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate extremes; Climatology; Tornado alley; Tornado days; Tornadoes; United States; Variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE EXTREMES; CLIMATOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TORNADO OUTBREAK; UNITED STATES; VARIABILITY;

TORNADOES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TORNADO; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938855090     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4188     Document Type: Article

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