Local time variation in land/ocean lightning flash density as measured by the World Wide Lightning Location Network

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Lay, Erin H ^a   Jacobson, Abram R ^a   Holzworth, Robert H ^a   Rodger, Craig J ^b   Dowden, Richard L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Low Frequency Electromagnetic Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGY;

DETECTION METHOD; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 34548616347     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007944     Document Type: Article

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