Global lightning variations caused by changes in thunderstorm flash rate and by changes in the number of thunderstorms

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 12 PART 1, 2000, Pages 2223-2230

  Williams, E ^a   Rothkin, K ^a   Stevenson, D ^a   Boccippio, D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; LIGHTNING; THERMODYNAMICS; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0034464673     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<2223:glvcbc>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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