A study of lightning activity over land and oceanic regions of India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 467-481

  Nath, Asha ^a   Manohar, G K ^a   Dani, K K ^a   Devara, P C S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Lightning; Seasonal variation; Thunderstorm

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID REGION; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; HILL; ISLAND; LIGHTNING; MONITORING; MONSOON; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350128290     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-009-0040-7     Document Type: Article

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