Characteristics of urban lightning hazards for Atlanta, Georgia

Climatic Change

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 137-150

  Stallins, J Anthony ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHICS; FLASH DENSITIES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI); URBAN LIGHTNING HAZARDS;

CLOUDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIGHTNING; MAPPING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

URBAN PLANNING;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LIGHTNING; URBAN AREA;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5444270688     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000043135.13801.71     Document Type: Article

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