Atmospheric patterns associated with hailstorm days in the Ebro Valley, Spain

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-427

  Garcia Ortega E ^a   Lopez L ^a   Sanchez J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric patterns; Cluster Analysis; Ebro Valley; Hailstorms

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; ATMOSPHERIC PATTERN; EBRO VALLEY; ECONOMIC LOSS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; HAILSTORMS; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; REANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SOCIAL IMPACT; STATISTICAL SCHEME; STUDY AREAS; WEATHER PHENOMENA;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; LOSSES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STORMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; HAIL; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EBRO VALLEY; SPAIN;

MINK ENTERITIS VIRUS;

EID: 79955663951     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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