The north american lightning detection network (NALDN)-analysis of flash data: 2001-09

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1305-1322

  Orville, Richard E ^a   Huffines, Gary R ^b   Burrows, William R ^c   Cummins, Kenneth L ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lightning; North America

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COASTS; CG LIGHTNING; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; DATA SETS; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; EAST COAST; FLASH DATA; FLASH DENSITY; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; GROUND FLASH DENSITIES; GULF OF MEXICO; GULF STREAM; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LIGHTNING DETECTION; LIGHTNING PARAMETERS; LOUISIANA; LOW-TO-HIGH; MANITOBA; MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH DAKOTA; ONTARIO; PEAK CURRENTS; PHYSICAL CHANGES; POSITIVE LIGHTNING; SHARP TRANSITION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WEST COAST; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS;

LIGHTNING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CURRENT; DETECTION METHOD; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ALASKA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958725791     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3452.1     Document Type: Article

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