DeCS

Descriptor English:

Fujita-Pearson Scale

Descriptor Spanish:

Escala de Fujita-Pearson

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	escala de Fujita-Pearson
Scope note:	Escala de tres dígitos para tornados ideada por Fujita (escala F) y Pearson (escala PP), para indicar la intensidad del tornado (0-5), el largo (0-5) y el ancho (0-7) de la trayectoria (Traducción libre del original: Material II - IDNDR, 1992)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Escala Fujita-Pearson

Descriptor French:

Échelle Fujita-Pearson

Entry term(s):

Fpp Scale

Tree number(s):

SP8.665.076.994.210

Scope note:

A 3-digit scale for tornadoes devised by Fujita (F scale) and Pearson (PP scale) to indicate tornado intensity (0-5), path length (0-5) and path width (0-7) (M) (Material II - IDNDR, 1992)

Allowable Qualifiers:

No qualifiers

DeCS ID:

34724

Unique ID:

DDCS034724

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Disasters [SP8]

Disasters

Impact of Disasters [SP8.665]

Impact of Disasters

Damage Assessment [SP8.665.076]

Damage Assessment

Damage Assessment Methodologies [SP8.665.076.994]

Damage Assessment Methodologies

Wind Scale [SP8.665.076.994.069]

Wind Scale

Richter Scale [SP8.665.076.994.109]

Richter Scale

Fujita-Pearson Scale [SP8.665.076.994.210]

Fujita-Pearson Scale

Radiation Exposure Measurement [SP8.665.076.994.328]

Radiation Exposure Measurement

Radar [SP8.665.076.994.447]

Radar

Telemetry [SP8.665.076.994.686]

Telemetry

Fujita-Pearson Scale - Preferred

Concept UI	FD00060612
Scope note	A 3-digit scale for tornadoes devised by Fujita (F scale) and Pearson (PP scale) to indicate tornado intensity (0-5), path length (0-5) and path width (0-7) (M) (Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Preferred term	Fujita-Pearson Scale
Entry term(s)	Fpp Scale

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