P 2 . 19 an Analysis of Clustered Tornado Events
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Once identified, these tornado clusters are analyzed, both in terms of a long-term climatology (1950-2009) using the Storm Data tornado database, and in terms of a shorter period (20032009). The latter corresponds to the time period of the SPC storm environment database, which includes an hourly archive of objectively analyzed convective parameters such as CAPE, bulk shear, storm-relative helicity, LCL height, and other fields. Spatial and temporal trends in the long-term record of these tornado clusters will be discussed, along with an analysis of the convective environments and storm modes associated with the more recent events.
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