Severe convection and lightning in subtropical South America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 7359-7366

  Rasmussen, Kristen L ^a   Zuluaga, Manuel D ^a   Houze, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

extreme storms; flooding; hail; lightning; tornadoes; TRMM satellite

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; LIGHTNING; OIL WELL FLOODING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITES; TORNADOES;

CONVECTIVE STORMS; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE STRUCTURE; RADIOMETER DATA; SATELLITE RADAR; SEVERE CONVECTIONS; TRMM SATELLITES;

STORMS;

CONVECTION; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODING; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORM; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TORNADO; TRMM;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 84911454831     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061767     Document Type: Article

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