The characteristics of lightning occurrence in Southern Germany

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 361-374

  Finke, U ^a   Hauf, T ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0030425538     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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