Projected changes in hailstorms during the 21st century over the UK

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-24

  Sanderson, M G ^a   Hand, W H ^a   Groenemeijer, P ^b   Boorman, P M ^a   Webb, J D C ^c   Mccoll, L J ^a,d  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b European Severe Storms Laboratory   (Germany)

^c Tornado and Storm Research Organisation TORRO   (United Kingdom)

^d Select Statistics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate models; Hailstones; UK

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS;

CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; HAIL DAMAGE; HAILSTONES; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING (RCM); SIMPLE MODELING; WARMING CLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84921032304     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3958     Document Type: Article

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