I tornado negli USA: un'analisi dell'archivio dati (1950-2018)

A statistical analysis of the data contained in the NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center tornado archive (covering the period 1950-2018) has been carried out. The actual average values of the frequencies for the various intensity classes could be effectively provided for the period 1991-2018, because of s...

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Main Author: Sergio Pinna
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Published: Firenze University Press 2021-07-01
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description A statistical analysis of the data contained in the NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center tornado archive (covering the period 1950-2018) has been carried out. The actual average values of the frequencies for the various intensity classes could be effectively provided for the period 1991-2018, because of some inhomogeneities of the archive due to variations in the methods and procedures of tornado reporting. The time series of the frequency of F2, F3, F4 and F5 events showed decreasing trends; this decline seems largely due to a significant reduction of the strongest events. This interpretation is supported by the decreasing trends of normalized economic losses and of number of victims.
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I tornado negli USA: un'analisi dell'archivio dati (1950-2018)
Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana
tornado
USA
Fujita intensity
frequency
time series
title I tornado negli USA: un'analisi dell'archivio dati (1950-2018)
title_full I tornado negli USA: un'analisi dell'archivio dati (1950-2018)
title_fullStr I tornado negli USA: un'analisi dell'archivio dati (1950-2018)
title_full_unstemmed I tornado negli USA: un'analisi dell'archivio dati (1950-2018)
title_short I tornado negli USA: un'analisi dell'archivio dati (1950-2018)
title_sort i tornado negli usa un analisi dell archivio dati 1950 2018
topic tornado
USA
Fujita intensity
frequency
time series
url https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/bsgi/article/view/1208
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