Area-average rainfall and lightning activity

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1707-1715

  Chèze, Jean Luc ^a   Sauvageot, Henri ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; LIGHTNING; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP;

FRANCE;

EID: 0030715696     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd02972     Document Type: Article

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