Impact of the North Atlantic oscillation on winter convection: Convective precipitation and cloud-to-ground lightning

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1241-1247

  Rivas Soriano, Luis ^a   De Pablo, Fernando ^a   Tomas, Clemente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cloud to ground lightning; Convective precipitation; North Atlantic oscillation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LIGHTNING; OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS (NAO); WINTER CONVECTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3843052589     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1067     Document Type: Article

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