Lightning ground flash measurements over the contiguous United States: 1995-97

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2693-2703

  Orville, Richard E ^a   Huffines, Gary R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033387479     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2693:LGFMOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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