Global patterns of lightning properties derived by OTD and LIS

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2715-2726

  Beirle, S ^a   Koshak, W ^b   Blakeslee, R ^b   Wagner, T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIGHTNING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84908053346     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-2715-2014     Document Type: Article

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