Influence of the Madden-Julian oscillation on summertime cloud-to-ground lightning activity over the continental United States

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3596-3601

  Abatzoglou, John T ^a,b   Brown, Timothy J ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PHASIS; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GREAT BASIN; INTRASEASONAL MODES; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LONG LEADS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WILDFIRE IGNITION;

AMPLIFICATION; LANDFORMS; PLANNING;

LIGHTNING;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SUMMER; WILDFIRE;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449099005     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR3019.1     Document Type: Article

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