The influence of melting on hailstone size distribution

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 2003, Pages 203-213

  Fraile, Roberto ^a   Castro, Amaya ^a   López, Laura ^a   Sánchez, José L ^a   Palencia, Covadonga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hailpad; Hailstone size distribution; Melting

Indexed keywords

HAIL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CASTILLA Y LEON; SPAIN;

EID: 0141515294     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(03)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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