Convective activity over the Indonesian maritime continent during CPEA-I as evaluated by lightning activity and Q1 and Q2 profiles

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 133-149

  Kodama, Yasu Masa ^a   Tokuda, Mika ^a,b   Murata, Fumie ^c  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WEATHERNEWS INC   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LIGHTNING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; STRATIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 33748447858     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84A.133     Document Type: Article

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