HAIL INCIDENCE IN THE TROPICS.
Abstract
This report is a review and compilation of information concerning the incidence and frequency of hail fall in tropical areas. The authors have gathered the data over a period of years from literary sources and by extensive correspondence with private individuals and Government Meteorological Services. The four areas under which the various hail reports are grouped viz. the American, African, Asian and Pacific, and Australian, together form a total band around the equator within latitudes 23 1/2 degrees north and south of it. Attempts have been made to systematise presentation of the information. This is only possible up to a point however, since it was received in a multiplicity of forms, some of which defy conventional climatological handling. Nevertheless the Report makes possible for the first time a comprehensive assessment of the tropical hail phenomenon. Moreover a great deal can be learned from it about seasonality of hail fall in specific areas and about the occurrence of hail at sea level and over the sea, facts which have been in question up to this time. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0631696
Entities
People
- E. M. Frisby
- H. W. Sansom