The relationship between thunderstorm and solar activity for Brazil from 1951 to 2009

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-21

  Pinto Neto, Osmar ^a,b   Pinto, Iara R C A ^b   Pinto, Osmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CAMILO CASTELO BRANCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Solar activity; Thunderstorm days; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; MAGNETIC SHIELDING EFFECTS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY; WAVELET COHERENCES;

SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

THUNDERSTORMS;

EID: 84876343248     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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