The combined instability index: A new very-short range convection forecasting technique for southern Africa

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-439

  de Coning, Estelle ^a   Koenig, Marianne ^b   Olivier, Jana ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Global Instability Index; Hydroestimator; Lightning; Meteosat Second Generation; Regional Instability Index; Satellite; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355172918     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.234     Document Type: Article

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