Global lightning activities and their regional differences observed from the satellite

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 743-750

  Qie, Xiushu ^a   Zhou, Yunjun ^a   Yuan, Tie ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lightning activity; Lightning imaging sensor; Regional differences; TRMM satellite

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 2342426115     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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