Climatology of cloud-to-ground lightning in Georgia, USA, 1992-2003

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1979-1996

  Bentley, Mace L ^a   Stallins, J A ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Georgia (USA); Lightning climatology; Lightning distribution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; LIGHTNING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THUNDERSTORMS;

CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY; LIGHTNING CLIMATOLOGY; LIGHTNING DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; LIGHTNING;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29544451534     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1227     Document Type: Article

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