Combined satellite- and surface-based estimation of the intracloud-cloud-to-ground lightning ratio over the Continental United States

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 108-122

  Boccippio, D J ^a   Cummins, K L ^a   Christian, H J ^a   Goodman, S J ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; ELEVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE SENSOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035104722     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<0108:CSASBE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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