Radar and electrical characteristics of convection observed during MCTEX

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-180

  Ahijevych, David A ^a   Rutledge, Steven A ^a   Carey, Lawrence D ^a  

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

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