The relationship between precipitation and lightning in tropical island convection: A C-band polarimetric radar study

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 8 PART 1, 2000, Pages 2687-2710

  Carey, L D ^a   Rutledge, S A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; THUNDERSTORM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

PHILIPPINES; TIWI ISLANDS;

EID: 0033754164     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<2687:trbpal>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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