A seven-year study about the negative cloud-to-ground lightning flash characteristics in Southeastern Brazil

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 739-748

  Pinto Osmar, Jr ^a   Pinto, Iara Regina C A ^a   Diniz, Jose H ^b   Filho, Armando Cazetta ^b   Cherchiglia, Luiz C L ^b   Carvalho, Andre M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b CEMIG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Climatology; Lightning; LPATS

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

(SOUTHEAST); BRAZIL;

EID: 0038777062     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(03)00077-4     Document Type: Article

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