Study of 11 September 2004 hailstorm event using radar identification of 2-D systems and 3-D cells

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 215-222

  Ceperuelo, M ^a   Llasat, M C ^a   Lopez L ^b   Garcia Ortega E ^b   Sanchez J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NOWCASTING; RADAR; SOFTWARE;

EBRO VALLEY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33646349007     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-7-215-2006     Document Type: Article

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