Return periods of severe hailfalls computed from hailpad data

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 2003, Pages 189-202

  Fraile, Roberto ^a   Berthet, Claude ^b   Dessens, Jean ^c   Sánchez, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Association Nationale d'Etude et de Lutte contre les Fléaux Atmosphériques   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Climatology; Hail; Hailfall; Return period

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; HAIL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEVERE WEATHER; STORM DAMAGE;

FRANCE; PYRENEES;

EID: 0141849945     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(03)00051-6     Document Type: Article

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