Spatial and temporal distributions of lightning over Arizona from a power utility perspective

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 825-831

  López, Raúl E ^a   Holle, Ronald L ^a   Watson, Andrew I ^a,c   Skindlov, Jon ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SALT RIVER PROJECT   (United States)

^c NOAA National Weather Service Jacksonville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING;

USA, ARIZONA;

EID: 0031399747     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450-36.6.825     Document Type: Article

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