A 3-year study of cloud-to-ground lightning flash characteristics of Mesoscale convective systems over the Western Mediterranean Sea

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-107

  Correoso, Juan Francisco ^a   Hernández, Emiliano ^a   García Herrera, Ricardo ^a   Barriopedro, David ^a   Paredes, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lightning; Mesoscale convective systems; Meteosat; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; LIFE CYCLE; LIGHTNING; RAIN; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND (CG) LIGHTNING FLASHES; MEAN PEAK CURRENT; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MARINE ATMOSPHERE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 30544441689     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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