Comparison of traditional and newly developed thunderstorm indices for Switzerland

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 108-123

  Huntrieser, H ^a,b   Schiesser, H H ^a   Schmid, W ^a   Waldvogel, A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; KINEMATICS; THERMODYNAMICS; THUNDERSTORM;

SWITZERLAND, PAYERNE;

EID: 0031453727     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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