An Analysis of Anomalous Winter and Spring Tornado Frequency by Phase of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation, the Global Wind Oscillation, and the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Winter and spring tornado activity tends to be heightened during the La Niña phase of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation and suppressed during the El Niño phase. Despite these tendencies, some La Niña seasons have fewer tornadoes than expected and some El Niño seasons have more than expected. To gain...

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Main Authors: Todd W. Moore, Jennifer M. St. Clair, Tiffany A. DeBoer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3612567