Effects of City Size on Thunderstorm Evolution Revealed through a Multiradar Climatology of the Central United States

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

• Publication date

  2017-11-28

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0341.1
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