Lightning distribution with respect to the monsoon trough position during the Indian summer monsoon season

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4780-4787

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

lightning as a proxy for the trough position; lightning during monsoon break period; lightning in Indian summer monsoon; lightning in monsoon trough

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING PROTECTION; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; RAIN;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; LIGHTNING DISTRIBUTION; LIGHTNING FLASH RATE; LIGHTNING IMAGING SENSORS; POLYNOMIAL CURVE FITTING; POLYNOMIAL FITTINGS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

DROUGHT; LIGHTNING; MONSOON; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; SUMMER; TRMM; TROUGH;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84881191826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50382     Document Type: Article

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