The lightning climatology of South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages

  Gijben, Morné ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; INSTALLATION; MAP; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84859516502     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v108i3/4.740     Document Type: Article

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