Extreme rainfall and flooding from supercell thunderstorms

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 469-489

  Smith, James A ^a   Baeck, Mary Lynn ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Doswell III, Charles A ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0035539936     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2001)002<0469:ERAFFS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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