Hail frequency, distribution and intensity in Northern Greece

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 526-533

  Sioutas, Michalis ^a   Meaden, Terence ^b   Webb, Jonathan D C ^b  

^a ELGA Meteorological Applications Centre   (Greece)

^b Tornado and Storm Research Organisation TORRO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Macedonia; Crop Damage; Greece; Hail

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; CROP DAMAGE; CROP INSURANCE; GREECE; HAIL; HAIL IMPACT; INTENSITY SCALE; INTERCOMPARISON; LOCAL MAXIMUM; MACEDONIA; NORTHERN GREECE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WARM SEASONS; WEATHER STATIONS;

CROPS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CROP DAMAGE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAIL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STORM DAMAGE; WEATHER STATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349212625     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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