Gridded lightning climatology from TRMM-LIS and OTD: Dataset description

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 135-136, Issue , 2014, Pages 404-414

  Cecil, Daniel J ^a   Buechler, Dennis E ^a   Blakeslee, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Lightning; Thunderstorm; TRMM

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CENTRAL AFRICA; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; HIGH LATITUDES; LIGHTNING IMAGING SENSORS; OPTICAL TRANSIENT; TOTAL LIGHTNING; TRMM;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; THUNDERSTORMS; TROPICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIGHTNING; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; THUNDERSTORM; TRMM;

AFRICA; BRAHMAPUTRA VALLEY; INDIA; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84889589986     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.06.028     Document Type: Article

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