Occurrence of Anticyclonic Tornadoes in a Topographically Complex Region of Mexico

Figure 1

Orography of Mexico and spatial distribution of tornadoes originating from 2000 to 2017. The box indicates the region of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Cyclonic and anticyclonic tornadoes are marked with red and blue circles, respectively. The names of several important mountain ranges are also indicated. Tornado reports were collected from a previous climatology [25] and our data.