Lightning activity as an indicator of climate change

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 555, 1999, Pages 893-903

  Reeve, N ^b   Toumi, R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Optical Transient Detector; Satellite observation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LIGHTNING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0032793518     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55506     Document Type: Article

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