A global hail climatology using the UK Met Office convection diagnosis procedure (CDP) and model analyses

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 446-458

  Hand, Will H ^a   Cappelluti, Gennaro ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b Abingdon Business Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatology; Diagnostic tool; Global model; Hail

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053207838     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.236     Document Type: Article

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