Case study of the 9 May 2003 windstorm in southwestern Slovakia

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2-4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 162-175

  Kaňák, Ján ^a   Benko, Martin ^a   Simon, André ^a   Sokol, Alois ^b  

^a SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Slovakia; Supercell thunderstorm; Windstorm

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DOPPLER RADAR; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

HIGH PRECIPITATION SUPERCELL; SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM; WINDSTORM;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; HAIL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 33846583688     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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