U.S. tornadoes : T. Theodore Fujita. Part 1, 70-Year Statistics /
Series: SMRP research paper ; no. 218Chicago, Ill. U.S.A. : Satellite and Mesometeorology Research Project, Dept. of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, c1987-Description: v. <1 > : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmContent type:- text
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Ch.1 Mapping of U.S. Tornadoes -- Ch.2 University of Chicago Tornado Tape -- Ch.3 Long-term Variation -- Ch.4 Seasonal Variation -- Ch.5 Diurnal Variation -- Ch.6 Tornado Outbreaks -- Ch.7 Maps by Direction of Motion -- Ch.8 Tornado Windspeed by Probability -- Summary and Conclusions -- References.
If one were to count tornadoes as the Gross National Product, no other country on the surface of the earth could come even clone to the United States. During the recent 70-year period, the United States produced 31,054 tornadoes
which left behind a cumulative path of 132,005 miles (212,396 km) which would circle the world 5.3 times along the equator. In completing the book, staff members of the Satellite and Mesometeorology Research Project (1961 to the
present) played an important role in collecting, evaluating, and archiving the historical tornado data.