The spatiotemporal variability of lightning activity in the Himalayan foothills

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Ramesh Kumar, P ^a   Kamra, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AVERAGE ELEVATION; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DATA SETS; DIURNAL CYCLE; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; FLASH RATE; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HIMALAYAS; IN-PHASE; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING FLASHES; LOW-ALTITUDE; OUT OF PHASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

HILL; LIGHTNING; OROGRAPHY; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRMM;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84871550950     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018246     Document Type: Article

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