Diurnal variation of lightning activity over the Indian region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Kandalgaonkar, S S ^a   Tinmaker, M I R ^a   Kulkarni, J R ^a   Nath, Asha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION;

DIURNAL VARIATION; LIGHTNING FLASH GRIDS; DIURNAL CYCLE; LAND-MASSES; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING FLASHES; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; TIME RESOLUTION;

GEOPHYSICS; LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIGHTNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1242322477     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018005     Document Type: Article

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