Cloud-to-ground lightning production in strongly forced, low-instability, convective lines associated with damaging wind

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 517-530

  van den Broeke, Matthew S ^a,b   Schultz, David M ^c,d   Johns, Robert H ^e   Evans, Jeffry S ^d   Hales, John E ^d  

^a National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates   (United States)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Storm Prediction Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY (CAPE); MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; COLD FRONT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD;

EID: 27544511435     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF876.1     Document Type: Article

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