Long-term fluctuations in hail incidences in the United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 658-664

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a   Changnon, David ^b  

^a Changnon Climatologist   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HAILSTORMS; LONG TERM FLUCTUATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

HAIL; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034144631     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0658:LTFIHI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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