Hail characteristics of different regions in continental part of Croatia based on influence of orography

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 516-525

  Počakal, Damir ^a   Večenaj, Željko ^b   Štalec, Janez ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cb cells; Hail; Hail fall duration; Orography

Indexed keywords

CB-CELLS; CROATIA; HAIL; HAIL FALL DURATION; MIDLATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OROGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERICS; LANDFORMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THUNDERSTORMS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

HAIL; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OROGRAPHY; SEVERE WEATHER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THUNDERSTORM;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349190991     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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