Lightning and convective rain study in different parts of India

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-48

  Siingh, Devendraa ^a   Buchunde, P S ^a   Singh, R P ^b   Nath, Asha ^a   Kumar, Sarvan ^b   Ghodpage, R N ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; CAPE; Convective rainfall; Cosmic rays; Lightning; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CAPE; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; URBANIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COSMIC RAYS; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

RAIN;

AEROSOL; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; COSMIC RAY; LIGHTNING; OPTICAL DEPTH; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

INDIA;

EID: 84886259064     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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