Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-535-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-535-2016
Research article
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17 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 17 Feb 2016

Multi-sensor analysis of convective activity in central Italy during the HyMeX SOP 1.1

N. Roberto, E. Adirosi, L. Baldini, D. Casella, S. Dietrich, P. Gatlin, G. Panegrossi, M. Petracca, P. Sanò, and A. Tokay

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