Trends in hail in China during 1960-2005

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Xie, Baoguo ^a   Zhang, Qinghong ^a   Wang, Yuqing ^b  

^a Institute of Heavy Ion Physics   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHEAR STRENGTH; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; LONG-TERM TRENDS; METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; HAIL; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND SHEAR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 53749102047     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034067     Document Type: Article

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