Occurrence of tornado outbreaks influenced by solar wind–magnetosphere–ionosphere–atmosphere coupling

• Published in: Advances in science and research Vol. 22; pp. 19 - 38
• Main Authors: Prikryl, Paul, Rušin, Vojto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 18.07.2025; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Analysis; Atmosphere; Atmosphere, Upper; Atmospheric gravity waves; Climate change; Coronal mass ejection; Corotating Interaction Regions (CIR); Coupling; Current sheets; Cyclones; Extratropical cyclones; Frontal zones; Geomagnetism; Gravity waves; Heliospheric current sheet; High speed; Interplanetary magnetic field; Ionosphere; Magnetic fields; Magnetosphere; Magnetospheres; Magnetospheric-solar wind relationships; Outbreaks; Plasma physics; Rotating plasmas; Severe weather; Solar wind; Storms; Streams; Strong winds; Supercells; Symmetric instability; Thunderstorms; Time series; Tornadoes; Trends; Troposphere; Weather; Weather conditions; Weather forecasting; Wind shear; United States > US

The occurrence of tornado outbreaks in the United States is investigated in the context of solar wind coupling to the magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere system. The superposed epoch analysis of daily occurrence of tornadoes reveals a peak in the cumulative number of tornadoes near the interplanetar...