Maximum hailstone size: Relationship with meteorological variables

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 256-265

  Palencia, Covadonga ^a   Giaiotti, Dario ^b   Stel, Fulvio ^b   Castro, Amaya ^a   Fraile, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Arpa FVG Palmanova ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Hailpad network; Maximum hailstone size; Sounding

Indexed keywords

FORECAST MODEL; KINETIC VARIABLES; LAYER THICKNESS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; STABILITY INDICES; SURFACE PRESSURES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FORECASTING METHOD; HAIL; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOUND SCATTERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA; ITALY; UDINE;

EID: 77952321627     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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