The diurnal distribution of lightning over north Florida and its relation to the prevailing low-level flow

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 3 PART2, 1998, Pages 729-739

  Camp, Joseph P ^a   Watson, Andrew I ^b   Fuelberg, Henry E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA National Weather Service Jacksonville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WIND SPEED;

THUNDERSTORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

LIGHTNING;

COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLOW OVER SURFACE; FLOW PATTERN; LIGHTNING; WIND DIRECTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032173153     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0729:tddolo>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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