Estimation of convective rainfall from lightning observations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1497-1509

  Tapla, Alberto ^a   Smith, James A ^a,c   Dixon, Michael ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0000126157     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<1497:eocrfl>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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