Relationships among lightning, precipitation, and hydrometeor characteristics over the North Pacific Ocean

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 833-848

  Pessi, Antti T ^a   Businger, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD ELECTRIFICATION; COLD FRONT; CORRECTION MODELS; DATA ANALYSIS; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; GRID CELLS; HYDROMETEOR CHARACTERISTICS; ICE WATER PATHS; LAPSE RATE; LIGHTNING DETECTION; LIGHTNING IMAGING SENSORS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; NWP MODEL; PHASE REGION; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAINFALL RATES; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REFLECTION; SENSOR NETWORKS; THUNDERSTORMS;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COLD FRONT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ERROR CORRECTION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THUNDERSTORM; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 65549099662     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1817.1     Document Type: Article

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