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Scanning the skies : a history of tornado forecasting / Marlene Bradford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bradford, Marlene.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tornadoes--United States.
- Tornadoes.
- Weather forecasting--United States.
- Weather forecasting.
- Tornado warning systems.
- United States.
- Tornado warning systems--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Tornado Theories 7
- Chapter 2. Tornado Forecasting to 1940 31
- Chapter 3. Wartime Warnings and Military Forecasting 56
- Chapter 4. A Civilian Severe Weather Forecasting Center 78
- Chapter 5. Warning the Public 103
- Chapter 6. Technological Improvements 121
- Chapter 7. An Evaluation of the Integrated Tornado Warning System 149.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-208) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0806133023
- OCLC:
- 44650923
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