Spatial characteristics of radar-derived convective rain cells over southern Israel

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 513-520

  Karklinsky, Matan ^a   Morin, Efrat ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RADAR SYSTEMS; RAIN;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 37849188288     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0153     Document Type: Article

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