The relationship of lightning activity with microwave brightness temperatures and spaceborne radar reflectivity profiles in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1901-1912

  Katsanos, D K ^a,b   Lagouvardos, K ^a   Kotroni, V ^a   Argiriou, A A ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LUMINANCE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; POLARIZATION-CORRECTED TEMPERATURE;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; POLARIZATION; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 38049164199     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1454.1     Document Type: Article

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