Estimating future trends in severe hailstorms over the Sydney Basin: A climate modelling study

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-51

  Leslie, Lance M ^a   Leplastrier, Mark ^b   Buckley, Bruce W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Insurance Australia Group (IAG)   (Australia)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate models; Climate variability; Severe hailstorms; Sydney Basin

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; STORMS;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; HAILSTORMS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; HAIL; STORM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

EID: 36849029123     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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