Radar analysis of the life cycle of Mesoscale Convective Systems during the 10 June 2000 event

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 959-970

  Rigo, T ^a   Llasat, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FLASH FLOOD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SQUALL LINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 30844432392     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-5-959-2005     Document Type: Article

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