Seasonal characteristics of diurnal precipitation variation in Kraków (South Poland)

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 957-968

  Twardosz, Robert ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air mass; Atmospheric fronts; Daily variation; Diurnal distribution; Krak w; Precipitation; South Poland

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; POLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC FRONTS; COLD FRONT; DIURNAL DISTRIBUTION; MARITIME POLAR AIR MASSES; PLUVIOGRAPHIC DATA; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; WARM FRONT;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CENTRAL EUROPE; CRACOW; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALOPOLSKIE; POLAND;

EID: 34250369600     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1439     Document Type: Article

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