Vertical development of lightning activity observed by the LDAR system: Lightning bubbles

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-174

  Ushio, Tomoo ^a   Heckman, Stan J ^a   Christian, Hugh J ^a   Kawasaki, Zen Ichiro ^b  

^a Global Hydrology and Climate Center   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; LIGHTNING; STORMS;

LIGHTNING CHANNELS;

METEOROLOGY;

LIGHTNING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; THUNDERSTORM; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141537963     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0165:VDOLAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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