African lightning: Indicator of tropical atlantic cyclone formation

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Volumn 88, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 397-398

  Chronis, Themis ^a   Williams, Earle ^b   Anagnostou, Emmanouil ^c   Petersen, Walter ^d  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; MONITORING; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 36849090890     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007EO400001     Document Type: Article

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