The rain enhancement experiment in Puglia, Italy: Statistical evaluation

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-289

  List, Roland ^a   Gabriel, K R ^b   Silverman, B A ^c   Levin, Z ^d   Karacostas, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Tel Aviv University ^*  (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD SEEDING; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ITALY; PUGLIA;

EID: 0032698014     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0281:TREEIP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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