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Relationship between precipitation and tornado activity
Author(s) -
Galway Joseph G.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr015i004p00961
Subject(s) - tornado , precipitation , environmental science , climatology , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , geography , geology
Precipitation and tornado statistics for three different geographic areas are compared. Weak correlations exist between yearly and seasonal precipitation totals and tornadic activity. Also, a slight trend for wet years to have more tornadoes than dry ones is present. However, tornadic activity does not appear to be related to the existence of drought.