Lightning in Western Patagonia

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4471-4485

  Garreaud, René D ^a   Gabriela Nicora, M ^b   Bürgesser, Rodrigo E ^c   Ávila, Eldo E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORMS;

ANDES; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING LOCATION; MARITIME CLIMATE; PATAGONIA; SHALLOW CONVECTION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

LIGHTNING;

COOLING; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANDENES; ANDOYA; CHILE; NORWAY; PATAGONIA; VESTERALEN;

EID: 84900524944     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021160     Document Type: Article

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