Prediction of lightning flash density with the WRF model

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 23, Issue , 2010, Pages 11-16

  Lynn, B ^a,b   Yair, Y ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Weather It Is LTD   (Israel)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRON DENSITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; THUNDERSTORM; UPDRAFT;

EID: 77149142273     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-23-11-2010     Document Type: Article

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