Two cases of severe weather in Catalonia (Spain). A diagnostic study

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-27

  Ramis, Clemente ^a   López, José Manuel ^b   Arús, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b Ctr Meteorologic de Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THUNDERSTORMS; TORNADOES;

CATALONIA (SPAIN); IBERIAN PENINSULA; LIFTING MECHANISMS; NORTH EASTERN REGION; STRONG CONVERGENCE; SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS; UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RADAR IMAGERY; SEVERE WEATHER; STRONG MOTION; THUNDERSTORM;

CATALONIA; EBRO VALLEY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 0002815342     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482799000869     Document Type: Article

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