An observational study of the 7 September 2005 Barcelona tornado outbreak

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-139

  Bech, J ^a   Pascual, R ^b   Rigo, T ^a   Pineda, N ^a   Lopez J M ^b   Arus J ^b   Gaya M ^b  

^a Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya C Berlin   (Spain)

^b CMT Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; NATURAL HAZARD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; WATERSPOUT;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LLOBREGAT DELTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846633219     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-7-129-2007     Document Type: Article

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