Lightning ground flashes associated with summer 1990 flash floods and streamflow in Tucson, Arizona: An exploratory study

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1526-1536

  Holle, Ronald L ^a   Bennett, Shawn P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b National Weather Service   (Puerto Rico)

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EID: 0001183886     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1526:LGFAWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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