Rainfall events and Hailstorms Analysis Program (RHAP)

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 205-213

  Ceperuelo, M ^a   Llasat, M C ^a   Rigo, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Meteorological Service of Catalonia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STORM; STRATIFORM CLOUD; TRACKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33646349481     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-7-205-2006     Document Type: Article

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