Lightning scaling relations revisited

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1086-1104

  Boccippio, Dennis J ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FORECASTING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SATELLITES; STORMS;

UPDRAFT VELOCITY;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ELECTRICAL POWER; LIGHTNING; STORM;

EID: 0036323744     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<1086:LSRR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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