The spatial distribution of severe convective storms and an analysis of their secular changes

Climate Extremes and Society

Volumn 9780521870283, Issue , 2008, Pages 35-53

  Brooks, Harold E ^a   Dotzek, Nikolai ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASES; MOISTURE;

CONVECTIVE STORMS; FORMAL SYSTEMS; GLOBAL COVERAGE; OBSERVABLE PARAMETERS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; REMOTE SENSORS; SECULAR CHANGES; SEVERE CONVECTIONS;

STORMS;

EID: 84927974695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535840.005     Document Type: Chapter

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