Climatology of hail in China: 1961-2005

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 795-804

  Zhang, Chunxi ^a   Zhang, Qinghong ^a   Wang, Yuqing ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

DIURNAL VARIATIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; GUIZHOU; LOCAL TIMES; MOUNTAINOUS AREAS; OBSERVATIONAL DATUMS; SPRING IN; TIBETAN PLATEAUX; TIME SCALES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AUTUMN; CLIMATOLOGY; DIURNAL VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HAIL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 57649195062     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1603.1     Document Type: Article

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