Latitudinal variations of cloud base height and lightning parameters in the tropics

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 222-230

  Mushtak, V C ^a   Williams, E R ^a   Boccippio, D J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud to ground lightning; Intracloud lightning; Lightning; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

AIR; CLIMATOLOGY; FREEZING; LIGHTNING; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; LATITUDINAL VARIATIONS; LIGHTNING PARAMETERS; NEAR-EQUATORIAL ZONE;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM;

EID: 23144466288     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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