Comparison of narrow bipolar events with ordinary lightning as proxies for severe convection

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1144-1154

  Jacobson, Abram R ^a   Heavner, Mathew J ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; COSMIC RAYS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; HEAT CONVECTION; METEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; TROPOSPHERE;

CHARGE SEPARATION; HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO EMISSIONS; INTRACLOUD ELECTRICAL-DISCHARGE PROCESS; NARROW BIPOLAR EVENTS (NBE);

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING;

GOES; MUS;

EID: 20444492852     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2915.1     Document Type: Article

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