Circulation weather types and cloud-to-ground flash density over the Iberian Peninsula

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-123

  Tomás, Clemente ^a   De Pablo, Fernando ^a   Soriano, Luis Rivas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circulation weather types; Cloud to ground lightning flashes; Iberian Peninsula

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLIMATOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; THUNDERSTORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

CIRCULATION WEATHER TYPES; CLOUD-TO-GROUND FLASHES; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1142306043     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.917     Document Type: Article

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