A hail climatology of the greater Sydney area and New South Wales, Australia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1633-1650

  Schuster, Sandra S ^a   Blong, Russell J ^a   Speer, Milton S ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climatology; Hail; Hailstorm; Severe storm; Southeast Australia; Sydney

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DIURNAL VARIATION; HAILSTONES; HAILSTORM; SEVERE STORM; SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; HAIL; SEVERE WEATHER; THUNDERSTORM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY; WORLD;

EID: 27144495463     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1199     Document Type: Article

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