Surface rainfall and cloud-to-ground lightning relationships in Canada

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 226-238

  Kochtubajda, B ^a   Burrows, W R ^a   Liu, A ^a   Patten, J K ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lightning; Rain yield; Rainfall; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATABASE; ECOZONE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CANADA;

EID: 84879284293     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2013.780154     Document Type: Article

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