Cloud-to-ground lightning activity and radar observations of storms in the Pyrenees range area

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 560, 1999, Pages 3103-3122

  Molinie, G ^a   Soula, S ^a   Chauzy, S ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Lightning activity; Precipitation; Radar reflectivity

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; THUNDERSTORM;

EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 0033450847     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56014     Document Type: Article

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