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Comments on “A Simple Model for Simulating Tornado Damage in Forests”

Nikolai Dotzek DLR-Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, and European Severe Storms Laboratory, Wessling, Germany

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Richard E. Peterson Atmospheric Science Group, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

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Bernold Feuerstein Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, and European Severe Storms Laboratory, Wessling, Germany

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Martin Hubrig Skywarn Deutschland, Lotte-Wersen, Germany

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Print Publication:
01 Feb 2008
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JAMC1730.1
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726–731
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Corresponding author address: Dr. Nikolai Dotzek, DLR-Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany. Email: nikolai.dotzek@dlr.de

Corresponding author address: Dr. Nikolai Dotzek, DLR-Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany. Email: nikolai.dotzek@dlr.de

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