Climatology of lightning over Indian region and its relationship with convective available potential energy

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3179-3187

  Murugavel, P ^a   Pawar, S D ^a   Gopalakrishan, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Convective available potential energy; Lightning distribution; Monsoon convection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; LIGHTING ACTIVITIES; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING DISTRIBUTION; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; RADIATIVE COOLING;

LIGHTNING;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIGHTNING; MONSOON; POTENTIAL ENERGY; THUNDERSTORM;

BANGLADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84906785651     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3901     Document Type: Article

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