Radar and lightning observations of normal and inverted polarity multicellular storms from STEPS

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3682-3706

  Tessendorf, Sarah A ^a,c   Rutledge, Steven A ^a   Wiens, Kyle C ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUDS; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

INTRACLOUD DISCHARGES; LIGHTNING MAPPING ARRAY; MULTICELLULAR STORMS;

THUNDERSTORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; HAIL; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 36749008495     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR1954.1     Document Type: Article

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