Convective structure of hurricanes as revealed by lightning locations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 520-534

  Molinari, John ^a   Moore, Paul ^a   Idone, Vincent ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; HURRICANE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032744618     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<0520:CSOHAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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