Lightning activity analysis with respect to the SPCZ location

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Ortéga, Pascal ^a   Guignes, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; POLYNOMIALS; RAIN;

POLYNOMIAL FUNCTION; SOUTH PACIFIC CONVERGENCE ZONE;

LIGHTNING;

CLOUD COVER; LIGHTNING; RAINFALL; WARM POOL;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); POLYNESIA;

EID: 34547993337     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029730     Document Type: Article

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