Open AccessTornado Casualties Depend More on Storm Energy Than Population
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo073889
Subject(s) - tornado , storm , meteorology , population , environmental science , geography , medicine , environmental health
National Weather Service data from nearly 900 tornadoes and a principle of economics reveal the relationship between storm energy, population, and casualty count.