Using MSG to monitor the evolution of severe convective storms over East Mediterranean Sea and Israel, and its response to aerosol loading

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 12, Issue , 2007, Pages 95-100

  Lensky, I M ^a   Shiff, S ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; METEOSAT; MONITORING; STORM;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34548271349     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-12-95-2007     Document Type: Article

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