Contrasting convective regimes over the Amazon: Implications for cloud electrification

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D20, 2002, Pages

  Williams, E ^a   Rosenfeld, D ^b   Madden, N ^a,p   Gerlach, J ^c,k   Gears, N ^c,k   Atkinson, L ^c,k   Dunnemann, N ^c,k   Frostrom, G ^c,k   Antonio, M ^d,n   Biazon, B ^d,n   Camargo, R ^d,n   Franca, H ^d,n   Gomes, A ^d,n   Lima, M ^d,n   Machado, R ^d,n   Manhaes, S ^d,n   Nachtigall, L ^d,n   Piva, H ^d,n   Quintiliano, W ^d,n   Machado, L ^e   Artaxo, P ^f   Roberts, G ^g,q   Renno, N ^h   Blakeslee, R ⁱ   Bailey, J ⁱ   Boccippio, D ⁱ   Betts, A ^j,o   Wolff, D ^k   Roy, B ^k   Halverson, J ^k   Rickenbach, T ^k   Fuentes, J ^l   Avelino, E ^m   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^j Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^k NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^m Embratel   (Brazil)

ⁿ Instituto de Pesquisas Meterologicas   (Brazil)

^o Atmospherica Research   (United States)

^p Atmospherica Research ^*  (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Aerosol; Convention; Lightning; Precipitation; Radar; Regimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925662475     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000380     Document Type: Article

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