Lake-effect thunderstorms in the lower great lakes

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 889-902

  Steiger, Scott M ^a   Hamilton, Robert ^b   Keeler, Jason ^a,d   Orville, Richard E ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b National Weather Service Eastern Region Headquarters   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CG LIGHTNING; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; GREAT LAKES; LIGHTNING DETECTION; LOWER BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NETWORK OBSERVATION; ONTARIO; RADIOSONDE DATA; STORM EVENTS; WIND SHEAR ENVIRONMENTS;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORMS;

LAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RADAR; RADIOSONDE; THUNDERSTORM; WIND SHEAR;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649280157     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1935.1     Document Type: Article

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