Climatological analyses of thunderstorms and flash floods in the Baltimore metropolitan region

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-101

  Ntelekos, Alexandros A ^a   Smith, James A ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLASH FLOOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; THUNDERSTORM;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947387601     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM558.1     Document Type: Article

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