CAPE values and hailstorms on northwestern Spain

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 147-160

  López, Laura ^a   Marcos, José Luis ^a   Sánchez, José Luis ^a   Castro, Amaya ^a   Fraile, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cape; Hailstorm; Stability indices; Thunderstorm forecasting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; FORECASTING METHOD; HAIL; POTENTIAL ENERGY; THUNDERSTORM;

CASTILLE Y LEON; SPAIN;

EID: 0034455293     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(00)00095-8     Document Type: Article

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