Radar echoes from lightning and their microphysical environment

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Atlas, David ^a   Williams, Christopher R ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; KINEMATICS; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR;

MICROPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; COLLISIONAL; DOPPLER VELOCITY; ICE PARTICLES; KINEMATIC PROPERTIES; RADAR ECHOES; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT;

GEOPHYSICS; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING; RADAR;

EID: 0043202621     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl016521     Document Type: Article

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