Seasonality of instability phenomena (hailstorms and thunderstorms) in Padova, northern Italy, from archive and instrumental sources since AD 1300

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 635-642

  Camuffo, Dario ^a   Cocheo, Claudio ^b   Enzi, Silvia ^c  

^a CCNR ICTIMA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric instability; Hail; Historical climatology, Po Valley; Mediterranean; Seasonality; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

HAIL; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEASONALITY; THUNDERSTORM;

ITALY; PO VALLEY;

EID: 0033837380     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300666845195     Document Type: Article

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