@TechReport{MarcelinoNascFerr:2005:EvDoMe,
               author = "Marcelino, Isabela Pena Vianna de Oliveira and Nascimento, Ernani 
                         de Lima and Ferreira, Nelson Jesus",
                title = "Tornadoes in santa catarina state (southern brazil): event 
                         documentation, meteorological analysis and vulnerability 
                         assessment",
          institution = "Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais",
                 year = "2005",
                 type = "PRP",
               number = "INPE-13348-PRP/248",
              address = "S{\~a}o Jos{\'e} dos Campos",
             keywords = "Santa Catarina (Estado), tornado, meteorological analysis, 
                         vulnerability, assessments, Brazil.",
             abstract = "In this study we examine the space and time distributions of 
                         tornado events in Santa Catarina state, located in southern 
                         Brazil, based on reports obtained from a data set of 27 years of 
                         damage assessment files from Santa Catarina´s Civil Defense 
                         System. We also evaluate the vulnerability of the local residents 
                         to such weather phenomenon. For the period analyzed, we found that 
                         tornadoes occurred in Santa Catarina almost every year, with 
                         higher frequency of events being characterized during Spring and 
                         Summer. Despite that, no proactive disaster-mitigation procedures 
                         exist in Santa Catarina to prepare the society to deal with such 
                         hazardous weather events, such that the vulnerability of the local 
                         society to tornadoes is relatively high. Because no 
                         disastermitigation measure associated with weather phenomena is 
                         complete without an efficient warning system, we also conducted a 
                         preliminary meteorological analysis of a well documented tornado 
                         episode reported in Santa Catarina on 3 January 2005. We found 
                         that the tornadic thunderstorm developed in an atmospheric 
                         condition that displayed some characteristics usually observed in 
                         mid-latitude-type severe weather environments. However, further 
                         analysis is necessary to characterize all mechanisms that led to 
                         the tornado formation, including local topography.",
          affiliation = "Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Divis{\~a}o de 
                         Sensoriamento Remoto (INPE, DSR)",
           copyholder = "SID/SCD",
             language = "en",
                pages = "15",
                  ibi = "6qtX3pFwXQZ3r59YD6/JL477",
                  url = "http://urlib.net/ibi/6qtX3pFwXQZ3r59YD6/JL477",
           targetfile = "tornadoes in santa catarina.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "01 maio 2024"
}