Study on lightning activity and precipitation characteristics before and after the onset of the South China Sea summer monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Yuan, Tie ^a,c   Qie, Xiushu ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

BEFORE AND AFTER; FLASH RATE; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING IMAGING SENSORS; MONSOON SEASON; OPTICAL RADIANCE; PASSIVE MICROWAVE IMAGING; PRE-MONSOON; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION RADAR; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SNOW DEPTHS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTH CHINA SEA SUMMER MONSOON; SUMMER MONSOON; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SATELLITES;

LIGHTNING;

IMAGING METHOD; LIGHTNING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR IMAGERY; RADIANCE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 71949119133     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009382     Document Type: Article

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