Urban-induced thunderstorm modification in the Southeast United States

Climatic Change

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 481-498

  Ashley, Walker S ^a   Bentley, Mace L ^a   Stallins, J Anthony ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; CONTROL REGION; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; LAND-USE CHANGE; MAJOR CITIES; RADAR DATA; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES; THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN EFFECT;

CLIMATOLOGY; RADAR; REFLECTION; URBAN GROWTH;

THUNDERSTORMS;

AMPLIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LIGHTNING; MONITORING; PERSISTENCE; RADAR; REFLECTIVITY; THUNDERSTORM; URBAN CLIMATE; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862115140     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0324-1     Document Type: Article

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