Spatial patterns of lightning at different spatial scales in the western United States during August of 1990 - A case study using geographic information systems technology

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-17

  Yin, Z Y ^a   Estberg, J ^a   Hallisey, E J ^b   Cayan, D R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems (GIS); Kernel bandwidth; Lightning density

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; LIGHTNING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447647650     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.200700083     Document Type: Article

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