Anomalously low negative cloud-to-ground lightning flash rates in intense convective storms observed during STERAO-A

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 160-173

  Lang, Timothy J ^a   Rutledge, Steven A ^a   Dye, James E ^b   Venticinque, Martin ^b   Laroche, Pierre ^c   Defer, Eric ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CONVECTION; LIGHTNING; STORM;

EID: 0034026813     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0160:ALNCTG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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