Tornadoes over complex terrain: An analysis of the 28th August 1999 tornadic event in eastern Spain

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 2003, Pages 301-317

  Homar, V ^a   Gaya M ^b   Romero, R ^a   Ramis, C ^a   Alonso, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b Ctr Meteorol a les Illes Balears ^*  (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Spain; Terrain; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEVERE WEATHER; STORM DAMAGE; TERRAIN; TORNADO;

SPAIN;

EID: 0141515270     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(03)00064-4     Document Type: Article

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