Lightning-based propagation of convective rain fields

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1571-1581

  Dietrich, S ^a   Casella, D ^a   Di Paola, F ^a   Formenton, M ^a   Mugnai, A ^a   Sano P ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIGHTNING; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NOAA SATELLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THUNDERSTORM;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79957856994     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-1571-2011     Document Type: Article

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