Regional and yearly variations of hail frequency and intensity in France

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-400

  Berthet, C ^a   Dessens, J ^a   Sanchez, J L ^b  

^a ANELFA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

France; Global warming; Hail climatology

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; CYCLIC VARIATIONS; FRANCE; HAIL CLIMATOLOGY; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; MEAN INTENSITY; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MINIMUM SURFACES; TIME VARIATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; STORMS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HAIL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM; TREND ANALYSIS;

FRANCE; SPAIN;

EID: 79955656229     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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