Data and approaches for determining hail risk in the contiguous United States

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1730-1739

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; HAIL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033504538     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1730:DAAFDH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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