Lightning measurements from satellites and significance for storms in the mediterranean

Lightning: Principles, Instruments and Applications: Review of Modern Lightning Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 309-329

  Adamo, Claudia ^a   Goodman, Steve ^b   Mugnai, Alberto ^a   Weinman, James A ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lightning; Southern Mediterranean; Storm Characteristics; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957834061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9079-0_14     Document Type: Chapter

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