The World Wide lightning location network and convective activity in tropical cyclones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-191

  Abarca, Sergio F ^a   Corbosiero, Kristen L ^a   Vollaro, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Lightning; Surface observations; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC BASIN; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; EYEWALL; FLASH DENSITY; INNER CORE; INTENSITY CHANGE; LIGHTNING DETECTION; LIGHTNING FLASH DENSITY; LIGHTNING FLASHES; LIGHTNING LOCATION; PEAK CURRENTS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; RAINBANDS; SURFACE OBSERVATIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS; VERTICAL SHEAR; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

HURRICANES; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; TROPICS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; HURRICANE; LIGHTNING; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 79951619720     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3383.1     Document Type: Article

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