Hailstorm in the region of Central Macedonia, Greece: A kinematic study

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-326

  Foris, Dimitrios V ^a   Karacostas, Theodore S ^b   Flocas, Apostolos A ^b   Makrogiannis, Timoleon I ^b  

^a Meteorological Applications Center   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; KINEMATICS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; STORMS; WIND;

HAIL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORM; STORM TRACK;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745846461     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0134     Document Type: Article

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