The Antalya 5 December 2002 storm: Observations and model analysis

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 576-590

  Kotroni, V ^a   Lagouvardos, K ^a   Defer, E ^a   Dietrich, S ^b   Porcu F ^c   Medaglia, C M ^b   Demirtas, M ^d  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d Turkish State Meteorological Service   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAIN;

MODEL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SENSORS; TURKEY;

STORMS;

AIR MASS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINSTORM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 33744461813     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2347.1     Document Type: Article

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