Global lightning activity from the ENSO perspective

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Chronis, Themis G ^a,b   Goodman, Steve J ^c   Cecil, D ^d   Buechler, Dennis ^a   Robertson, Pete F J ^a   Pittman, Jasna ^a   Blakeslee, Rich J ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; ENSO CYCLES; GLOBAL LIGHTNING ACTIVITIES; GLOBAL LIGHTNINGS; LIGHTNING ACTIVITIES; MARITIME CONTINENTS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS; THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITIES; WIND SHEARS;

LIGHTNING;

DATABASE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LIGHTNING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 57749175951     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034321     Document Type: Article

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