Relationship of intracloud lightning radiofrequency power to lightning storm height, as observed by the FORTE satellite

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Jacobson, Abram R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lightning; Remote sensing; Severe storms; Storm electrification; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIFICATION; LIGHTNING; REMOTE SENSING; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0347823192     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002956     Document Type: Article

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