Global distribution of intense lightning discharges and their seasonal variations

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Sato, M ^a   Takahashi, Y ^b   Yoshida, A ^b   Adachi, T ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS; ESTIMATION ERRORS; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL LIGHTNING; INTENSE LIGHTNING DISCHARGES; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; LIGHTNING LOCATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OPTICAL TRANSIENT; REGIONAL VARIATION; SCHUMANN RESONANCES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STEEPER SLOPES; SUMMER SEASON; TRIANGULATION METHOD; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SATELLITES; WAVEFORM DATA; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RAIN; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 65249110122     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/23/234011     Document Type: Article

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