Small ice crystals and the climatology of lightning

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Sherwood, Steven C ^a   Phillips, Vaughan T J ^b   Wettlaufer, J S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ICE; LIGHTNING;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BACKSCATTERED RADIANCE; CLOUD ELECTRIFICATION; CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD; ICE CRYSTAL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ELECTRIFICATION; ICE CRYSTAL; LIGHTNING;

EID: 33646377880     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025242     Document Type: Article

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