Study of cloud-to-ground lightning and precipitation and their seasonal and geographical characteristics over Taiwan

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 115-122

  Liou, Y A ^a   Kar, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cloud to ground lightning; Precipitation; Rain yield

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAUX; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLOUD-BASE HEIGHT; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; COASTAL STATION; COLD SEASON; CONVECTIVELY AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FLASH DENSITY; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GROUND BASED; LIGHTNING FLASH DENSITY; LIGHTNING FLASHES; LIGHTNING LOCATION SYSTEMS; LINEAR CORRELATION; LOCAL SURFACES; LONG TERM; MEAN VALUES; POWER COMPANY; PRECIPITATION DATA; SPATIAL SCALE; SURFACE AREA; WARM SEASONS; YIELD VALUE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONTROL SURFACES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION;

RAIN;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CORRELATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 73949090967     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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