Islands as miniature continents: Another look at the Land-ocean lightning contrast

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Williams, Earle ^a   Chan, Twiggy ^a   Boccippio, Dennis ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Islands; Lightning

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ISLAND; LIGHTNING; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 7044224871     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD003833     Document Type: Article

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