Global lightning and climate variability inferred from ELF magnetic field variations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2411-2414

  Füllekrug, Martin ^a   Fraser Smith, Antony C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; MAGNETIC FIELD;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DIFFERENTIAL TECHNIQUE; ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS; GLOBAL LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WAVE PROPAGATION CONDITIONS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0031402345     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02358     Document Type: Article

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