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Tropical cyclone Ivan's tornado cluster in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States on 17-18 September 2004.
- Source :
- Physical Geography; 2016, Vol. 37 Issue 3/4, p210-227, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This paper presents a case study of a cluster of tornadoes produced by tropical cyclone (TC) Ivan in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States on 17-18 September 2004. Ivan produced 118 tornadoes between 15 and 18 September, but 57 of these occurred in a period of only 10 h on the last two days. The number of tornadoes that occurred in this event is anomalous when compared to regional tornado climatology and to other TC tornado events. Furthermore, a significantly large number of the tornadoes, when compared to other TC tornadoes, were rated strong according to the Fujita Scale, and they were anomalously long- and wide-tracked. Ivan was in a synoptically favorable environment when these tornadoes were produced, and the tornadoes occurred in a favorable local-scale environment near a front with spatially overlapping shear and buoyancy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TORNADOES
TROPICAL cyclones
CLIMATOLOGY
WEATHER
METEOROLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02723646
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 3/4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Physical Geography
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117142427
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2016.1189299