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DOI	10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0012.1
	The northern tornadoes project : Uncovering Canada's true tornado climatology
	Sills D.M.L.; Kopp G.A.; Elliott L.; Jaffe A.L.; Sutherland L.; Miller C.S.; Kunkel J.M.; Hong E.; Stevenson S.A.; Wang W.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	00030007
起始页码	E2113
结束页码	E2132
卷号	101 期号:12
英文摘要	Canada is a vast country with most of its population located along its southern border. Large areas are sparsely populated and/or heavily forested, and severe weather reports are rare when thunderstorms occur there. Thus, it has been difficult to accurately assess the true tornado climatology and risk. It is also important to establish a reliable baseline for tornado-related climate change studies. The Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP), led by Western University, is an ambitious multidisciplinary initiative aimed at detecting and documenting every tornado that occurs across Canada. A team of meteorologists and wind engineers collects research-quality data during each damage investigation via thorough ground surveys and high-resolution satellite, aircraft, and drone imaging. Crowdsourcing through social media is also key to tracking down events. In addition, NTP conducts research to improve our ability to detect and accurately assess tornadoes that affect forests, cropland, and grassland. An open data website allows sharing of resulting datasets and analyses. Pilot investigations were carried out during the warm seasons of 2017 and 2018, with the scope expanding from the detection of any tornadoes in heavily forested regions of central Canada in 2017 to the detection of all EF1+ tornadoes in Ontario plus all significant events outside of Ontario in 2018. The 2019 season was the first full campaign, systematically collecting research-quality tornado data across the entire country. To date, the project has found 89 tornadoes that otherwise would not have been identified, and increased the national tornado count in 2019 by 78%. ©2020 American Meteorological Society.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Climate change; Forestry; Open Data; Risk assessment; Damage investigation; Ground surveys; High resolution satellites; Multidisciplinary initiatives; Research quality; Severe weather; Social media; Warm seasons; Tornadoes
来源期刊	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/178509
作者单位	Western Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sills D.M.L.,Kopp G.A.,Elliott L.,et al. The northern tornadoes project : Uncovering Canada's true tornado climatology[J],2020,101(12).
APA	Sills D.M.L..,Kopp G.A..,Elliott L..,Jaffe A.L..,Sutherland L..,...&Wang W..(2020).The northern tornadoes project : Uncovering Canada's true tornado climatology.Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,101(12).
MLA	Sills D.M.L.,et al."The northern tornadoes project : Uncovering Canada's true tornado climatology".Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 101.12(2020).