Comparison of observed and modelled hailstone spectra during a severe storm over the Northern Pyrenean foothills

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 2003, Pages 685-703

  Wobrock, Wolfram ^a   Flossmann, Andrea I ^a   Farley, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

France; Hailstone spectra; Storm

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; HAIL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEVERE WEATHER; STORM DAMAGE;

FRANCE; PYRENEES;

EID: 0141738254     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(03)00081-4     Document Type: Article

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