An observational study of the exceptional 'Ottery St Mary' thunderstorm of 30 October 2008

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-154

  Clark, M R ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Devon; Extreme rainfall; Flash flood; Hail; Observations

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; HEAT CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; STORMS;

DEVON; EXTREME RAINFALL; FLASH FLOOD; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS; SURFACE OBSERVATION;

SMALL SATELLITES;

COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FLASH FLOOD; HAIL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; THUNDERSTORM; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 79956300173     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.187     Document Type: Article

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