The influence of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on cloud-to-ground lightning activity along the Gulf Coast. Part II: Monthly correlations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2544-2556

  Laing, Arlene ^a   LaJoie, Mark ^b   Reader, Steven ^c   Pfeiffer, Karl ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LANDFORMS; LANTHANUM; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

CG LIGHTNING; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; CORRELATION PATTERNS; CORRELATION VALUES; DATA SETS; ENSO CYCLES; ENSO EVENTS; FLASH DENSITY; GULF COAST; HAZARD ASSESSMENTS; LIGHTNING FLASH DENSITIES; MID LATITUDES; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STORM TRACKS; UNITED STATES; WEAK CORRELATION;

CORRELATION METHODS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52149120490     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2228.1     Document Type: Article

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