Some articles, I have posted in the past
Enhanced F-Scale
A Recommendation for an ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE (EF-Scale)
Submitted to The National Weather Service
and Other Interested Users June 2004
http://www.wind.ttu.edu/f_scale/images/efsr.pdf
James R. McDonald* Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE FOR ESTIMATING TORNADO INTENSITY
http://ams.confex.com/ams/SLS_WAF_NWP/21SL...racts/47974.htm
http://www.wind.ttu.edu/f_scale/images/AMS.pdf
James R. McDonald, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1023., Kishor C. Mehta, and Sundarrajan Mani.
F-Scale Modification Process and Prosposed Revisions
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/53999.htm
Fujita Scale Enhancement Project
http://www.wind.ttu.edu/f_scale/f-scale.htm
James R. McDonald, Ph.D., P.E. Kishor C. Mehta, Ph.D., P.
Summary Report: FUJITA-SCALE FORUM
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/53999....scale_forum.htm
http://www.wind.ttu.edu/f_scale/images/Fuj...ita%20forum.pdf
Symposium on the F-Scale and Severe-Weather Damage Assessment
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCALE/index.html
James R. McDonald, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1023., Kishor C. Mehta, and Sundarrajan Mani.
F-Scale Modification Process and Prosposed Revisions
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/53999.htm
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/53999.pdf
Harold E. Brooks, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK 73069.
A CLIMATOLOGY OF THE FUJITA SCALE IN SPACE AND TIME
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/53119.htm
Donald W. Burgess, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK 73072., G. Stumpf, J. Wurman, D.C. Dowell, Y. Richardson, and M.A. Magsig.
Donald W. Burgess, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK 73072., G. Stumpf, J. Wurman, D.C. Dowell, Y. Richardson, and M.A. Magsig.
RADAR WIND SPEED AND HOUSING DAMAGE DURING THE F-5 TORNADO AT MOORE, OKLAHOMA
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/56622.htm
Roger Edwards, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK 73069.
RATING TORNADO DAMAGE: AN EXERCISE IN SUBJECTIVITY
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/55307.htm
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfview.cgi?username=55307
Elaine S. Godfrey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019., Robert J. Trapp, Harold E. Brooks, and Sarah A. Tessendorf.
A DISCUSSION OF THE F-SCALE OF TORNADOES FROM QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/52518.htm
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfview.cgi?username=52518
Jared L. Guyer, NOAA/NWS, Hastings, NE 68901. and Todd J. Shea.
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE VARIABILITY IN OPERATIONAL ASSIGNMENT OF F-SCALE DAMAGE
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/56411.htm
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfview.cgi?username=56411
Jared L. Guyer, NOAA/NWS, Hastings, NE 68901. and Michael L. Moritz.
ON ISSUES OF TORNADO DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND F-SCALE ASSIGNMENT IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/57495.htm
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfview.cgi?username=57495
Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Carrollton, TX; and W. F. Bunting and J. D. Weithorn
PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSING WIND DAMAGE TO WOOD-FRAMED RESIDENCES
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/52226.htm
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfview.cgi?username=52226
Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Carrolloton, TX 75006.
THE LAPLATA, MD TORNADO: ISSUES REGARDING THE F-SCALE
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/53280.htm
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfview.cgi?username=53280
Daniel W. McCarthy, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK 73069
NWS TORNADO SURVEYS AND THE IMPACT ON THE NATIONAL TORNADO DATABASE
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/55718.htm
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfview.cgi?username=55718
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/publications/mccar...thy/f-scale.pdf
Chris J. Peterson, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.
FACTORS INFLUENCING TREEFALL RISK IN TORNADOES IN NATURAL FORESTS
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/53292.htm
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfview.cgi?username=50675
Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK 73069. and Richard L. Livingston
THE CONSISTENCY OF F-SCALE RATINGS
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/52293.htm
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfview.cgi?username=52293
Thomas W. Schmidlin, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242., Barbara O. Hammer, Paul S. King, and L. Scott Miller
WIND SPEEDS REQUIRED TO UPSET VEHICLES
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/50675.htm
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfview.cgi?username=50675
Joshua Wurman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019. and Curtis Alexander.
DOW RADAR MEASUREMENTS OF DOPPLER VELOCITIES IN TORNADOES AND COMPARISONS WITH DAMAGE
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/58862.htm
Joshua Wurman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019., Don Burgess, David C. Dowell, Yvette Richardson, Michael A. Magsig, and Curtis R. Alexander
RADAR MEASUREMENTS OF EXTREME WINDS IN TORNADOES AND COMPARISONS WITH OBSERVED DAMAGE
http://ams.confex.com/ams/annual2003/FSCAL...racts/58864.htm
Other Readings on F-5
Edwards, R. and D.G. Harmon, 1999:
Lubbock F-Scale Exercise on Spencer, SD Tornado Damage
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/spencer/spenf_ex.htm
National Weather Service
A Guide to F-Scale Damage Assessment
http://meted.ucar.edu/resource/wcm/ftp/Fin...ssmentGuide.pdf
McCarthy, D.W., and J.T. Schaefer, 2004:
Tornado Trends over the Past 30 Years
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/publications/mccar...hy/tor30yrs.pdf
Storm Prediction Center
F5 Tornadoes of the United States: 1950-Present
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/f5torns.html
Mike
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