Thunderstorm characteristics in Nepal during the pre-monsoon season 2012

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-99

  Mäkelä, Antti ^a   Shrestha, Rajendra ^b   Karki, Ramchandra ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Department of Hydrology and Meteorology of Nepal ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Development of meteorological readiness; Finnish Nepalese Project; Lightning location; Nepalese thunderstorms; Severe weather

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL READINESS; FINNISH-NEPALESE PROJECT; GLOBAL LIGHTNING; HANDS-ON-TRAININGS; LIGHTNING LOCATION; LIGHTNING LOCATION DATUM; LIGHTNING LOCATION SYSTEMS; SEVERE WEATHER;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; THUNDERSTORMS;

LIGHTNING;

DEVELOPING WORLD; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; SEVERE WEATHER; THUNDERSTORM;

NEPAL;

EID: 84886264767     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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