Characterization of hailstone size spectra in hailpad networks in France, Spain, and Argentina

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 641-654

  Sanchez J L ^a   Gil Robles, B ^a   Dessens, J ^b   Martin, E ^c   Lopez, L ^a   Marcos, J L ^a   Berthet, C ^b   Fernandez J T ^a   Garcia Ortega E ^a  

^a Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics IMA University of León   (Spain)

^b ANELFA   (France)

^c C Climáticas Min Economía Mendoza   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hail size distribution; Hailpads; Hailstorms

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; BREAK-POINTS; BREAKPOINT; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; HAIL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HAILPADS; HAILSTORMS; INTEGRAL PART; PIECE-WISE; REGRESSION MODEL; SEMI-AUTOMATIC; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

HOSE FITTINGS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STORMS;

SIZE DETERMINATION;

HAIL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349258234     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.09.033     Document Type: Article

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