Lightning activities on the Tibetan Plateau as observed by the lightning imaging sensor

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Qie, Xiushu ^a,b   Toumi, Ralf ^b   Yuan, Tie ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lightning activity; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING; PLATEAU; SENSOR; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 1342312427     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003304     Document Type: Article

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