Deep convection east of the Andes Cordillera: four hailstorm cases

Hector Teitelbaum; Fabio D’andrea

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v67.26806

Deep convection east of the Andes Cordillera: four hailstorm cases

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Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1

By: Hector Teitelbaum and Fabio D’andrea

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.26806 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 26806 - 26806

Submitted on: Dec 2, 2014

Accepted on: Oct 28, 2015

Published on: Dec 1, 2015

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

deep convection,

storm,

hailstone

© 2015 Hector Teitelbaum, Fabio D’andrea, published by Stockholm University Press
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