A physical evaluation of a hail suppression project with silver iodide ground burners in southwestern France

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1588-1599

  Dessens, Jean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD SEEDING; HAIL; HALIDE; SILVER;

FRANCE;

EID: 0032999489     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<1588:APEOAH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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