Diurnal variations in the characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning activity in the great lakes region of the united states

Professional Geographer

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 349-366

  Walters, Claudia K ^a   Winkler, Julie A ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud to ground lightning; Diurnal variations; Greatlakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444374993     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00171     Document Type: Article

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