Hailfall: The relationship between radar-derived hail kinetic energy and hail damage to buildings

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 177-207

  Hohl, Roman ^a,d   Schiesser, Hans Heinrich ^b   Aller, Dörte ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Intercantonal Union of Reinsurance   (Switzerland)

^d PartnerRe   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Damage function; Damage to buildings; Hail kinetic energy; Switzerland; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; DOPPLER RADAR; HAIL; KINETIC ENERGY; STORM DAMAGE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036674290     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(02)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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