Clustering and synchronization of lightning flashes in adjacent thunderstorm cells from lightning location networks data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Yair, Yoav Y ^a   Aviv, Reuven ^a,b,c   Ravid, Gilad ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NORTH BANGKOK   (Thailand)

^c TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SHUTTLES;

COUPLED NETWORKS; DELTA E; GROUND BASED; IN-LINE; INTEGRATE AND FIRES; INTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING FLASHES; LIGHTNING LOCATION; LIGHTNING LOCATION SYSTEMS; NEURAL ACTIVITY; THEORETICAL MODELS;

THUNDERSTORMS;

DATA SET; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHTNING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 68249128914     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010738     Document Type: Article

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