Southeast Australian thunderstorms: Are they increasing in frequency?

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Davis, S ^a   Walsh, Kevin J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THUNDERSTORM; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 46449100035     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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