Use of data from Meteosat water vapour channel and surface observations for studying pre-convective environment of a tornado-producing storm

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 2003, Pages 231-246

  Georgiev, Christo G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Meteosat; Storm; Tornado

Indexed keywords

METEOSAT; SEVERE WEATHER; STORM; TORNADO; WATER VAPOR;

BULGARIA;

EID: 0141738337     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(03)00054-1     Document Type: Article

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