Weekly cycle of lightning: Evidence of storm invigoration by pollution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Bell, Thomas L ^a   Rosenfeld, Daniel ^b   Kim, Kyu Myong ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DATA; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING DETECTION; OVER WATER; POPULATION CENTERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BELLS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STORMS;

LIGHTNING;

AEROSOL; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LIGHTNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 72049083968     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040915     Document Type: Article

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