Ten-year study of cloud-to-ground lightning activity in the Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1632-1639

  Rivas Soriano, Luis ^a   de Pablo, Fernando ^a   Tomas, Clemente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Convection; Iberian Peninsula; Lightning; Thunderstorm

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; LIGHTNING; PROBABILITY; THUNDERSTORMS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND (CG) LIGHTNING; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTION; THUNDERSTORM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 28444466240     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.08.019     Document Type: Article

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