Evolving complex electrical structures of the STEPS 25 June 2000 multicell storm

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 741-756

  Weiss, Stephanie A ^a,b   Rust, W David ^a,b   MacGorman, Donald R ^a,b   Bruning, Eric C ^a,b   Krehbiel, Paul R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS;

ELECTRIC FIELD METERS (EFMS); ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES; LIGHTNING MAPPING ARRAY (LMA); MULTICELL STORM;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; COMPLEXITY; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 44449107026     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2023.1     Document Type: Article

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