Analysis of the convective activity and its synoptic background over Croatia

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 104-105, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-153

  Mikuš, Petra ^a   Telišman Prtenjak, Maja ^b   Strelec Mahović, Nataša ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Convection; Lightning; Upper level flow regimes; Weather types

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; CROATIA; DATA SETS; FLOW REGIMES; LIGHTNING FLASHES; LIGHTNING STRIKES; NOCTURNAL CONVECTION; PRESSURE FIELD; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; SUB-REGIONS; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; WEATHER TYPES;

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT CONVECTION; STORMS;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; LIGHTNING; PRESSURE FIELD; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ADRIATIC COAST [CROATIA]; CROATIA;

EID: 84655170176     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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