Thunderstorm climate of Finland 1998-2007

Geophysica

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 67-80

  Tuomi, Tapio J ^a   Mäkelä, Antti ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air mass; Climate; Finland; Lightning location; Thunderstorm; Weather

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CLIMATOLOGY; LIGHTNING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THUNDERSTORM; TREND ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 57749184322     PISSN: 03674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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