Relationship between cloud-to-ground lightning flashes over the Iberian Peninsula and sea surface temperature

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 128, Issue 579, 2002, Pages 173-183

  De Pablo, Fernando ^a   Rivas Soriano, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Cantabrian sea; Cumulonimbus; Land surface temperature; Mediterranean sea; Sea level pressure; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; LIGHTNING; MOISTURE;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

METEOROLOGY;

ADVECTION; ANOMALY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; MOISTURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THUNDERSTORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0036146611     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/00359000260498842     Document Type: Article

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