The behavior of total lightning activity in severe Florida thunderstorms

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-265

  Williams, Earle ^a   Boldi, Bob ^a   Matlin, Anne ^a   Weber, Mark ^a   Hodanish, Steve ^b   Sharp, Dave ^b   Goodman, Steve ^c   Raghavan, Ravi ^c   Buechler, Dennis ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOAA National Weather Service Jacksonville   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Thunderstorms; Total lightning activity

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; MICROBURST; THUNDERSTORM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032727834     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(99)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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