Effect of urbanization on lightning over four metropolitan cities of India

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-196

  Lal, D M ^a   Pawar, S D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Lightning over metropolitan cities of India

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; COASTAL CITIES; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; HEAT ISLAND EFFECT; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; METROPOLITAN CITIES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRE-MONSOON; RAINFALL DATA; SHARP INCREASE; THERMODYNAMIC EFFECT; TOTAL LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMODYNAMICS;

LIGHTNING;

RAIN;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIGHTNING; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODIS; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMODYNAMICS; URBANIZATION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CITY; HEAT; INDIA; LIGHTNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; THERMODYNAMICS; URBANIZATION;

INDIA;

EID: 78449239381     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.027     Document Type: Article

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