New findings about the influence of smoke from fires on the cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics in the Amazon region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Fernandes, Widinei A ^a   Pinto, Iara R C A ^a   Pinto Jr , Osmar ^a   Longo, Karla M ^a   Freitas, Saulo R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SMOKE; STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; POSITIVE FLASHES;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SMOKE; THUNDERSTORM; TRACER;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845607591     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027744     Document Type: Article

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