X-band polarimetric weather radar observations of a hailstorm

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2143-2151

  Ventura, Jordi Figuerasi I ^a,b   Honoré, Françoise ^a   Tabary, Pierre ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING DATUM; RADAR DATA; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; X-BAND POLARIMETRIC RADARS;

LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIMETERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

STORMS;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DETECTION METHOD; HAIL; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; RADAR; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRANCE;

EID: 84884970129     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00243.1     Document Type: Article

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