On the sensitivity of cloud-to-ground lightning activity to surface air temperature changes at different timescales in São Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Pinto Jr , Osmar ^a   Pinto, I R C A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; LIGHTNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THUNDERSTORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58149252064     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009841     Document Type: Article

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