Regional differences in tropical lightning distributions

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 12 PART 1, 2000, Pages 2231-2248

  Boccippio, D J ^a   Goodman, S J ^a   Heckman, S ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LIGHTNING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034463725     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<2231:rditld>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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