Lightning flash rates as an indicator of tropical cyclone genesis in the Eastern North Pacific

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3456-3470

  Leary, Lesley A ^a   Ritchie, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; FALSE-ALARM RATES; FLASH RATE; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION PATTERNS; LIGHTNING DETECTION; LIGHTNING FLASH RATE; LIGHTNING FLASHES; MESOSCALE; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; REMOTELY-SENSED OBSERVATIONS; SCATTEROMETERS; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; HURRICANES; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLOGENESIS; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHTNING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTEROMETER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND FIELD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 70449102418     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2822.1     Document Type: Article

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