12 September 2012: A supercell outbreak in NE Italy?

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-118

  Manzato, Agostino ^a   Davolio, Silvio ^b   Miglietta, Mario Marcello ^b   Pucillo, Arturo ^a   Setvák, Martin ^c  

^a OSMER Osservatorio Meteorologico Regionale dell'ARPA Friuli Venezia Giulia   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^c CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Doppler radar; LAM; MSG rapid scan; Severe storm; Supercell

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; STORMS;

CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; LAM; MESO-SCALE MODELS; RAPID SCAN; SEVERE STORMS; SUPER CELL; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER RADAR;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER RADAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SEVERE WEATHER; SQUALL LINE; SUPERCELL; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; STORM;

FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA; ITALY; VENETO;

MOLOCH;

EID: 84906771330     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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