Crop damage: The hail size factor

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1535-1541

  Sanchez J L ^a   Fraile, R ^a   De La Madrid, J L ^a   De La Fuente, M T ^a   Rodriguez P ^a   Castro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CROP DAMAGE; HAIL SIZE; HAIL STONE; WHEAT;

SPAIN, CASTILLE AND LEON, LEON;

EID: 0030390708     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1535:CDTHSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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