Lightning in the Region of the TOGA COARE

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1055-1067

  Orville, Richard E ^a   Zipser, E J ^a   Brook, M ^b   Weidman, C ^c   Aulich, G ^a   Krider, E P ^c   Christian, H ^d   Goodman, S ^d   Blakeslee, R ^d   Cummins, K ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e Global Atmospherics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING; TOGA-COARE;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL WEST);

EID: 0031464474     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<1055:LITROT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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