Radar-based analysis of convective storms over Northwestern italy

Atmosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-58

  Davini, Paolo ^a   Bechini, Renzo ^b   Cremonini, Roberto ^b   Cassardo, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convective cells; North western italy; Thunderstorms; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DAMAGE DETECTION; THUNDERSTORMS;

CONVECTIVE CELL; CONVECTIVE STORMS; NORTH-WESTERN ITALY; NOWCASTING; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACKING ALGORITHM;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATABASE; NOWCASTING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORM; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84874517980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos3010033     Document Type: Article

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