The episodic occurrence of hail in central alberta and the highveld of south africa: Research note

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-178

  Smith, Stephan B ^b   Reuter, Gerhard W ^a   Yau, M K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0032359936     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.1998.9649610     Document Type: Article

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