Lightning enhancement over major oceanic shipping lanes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 9102-9111

  Thornton, Joel A ^a   Virts, Katrina S ^b   Holzworth, Robert H ^a   Mitchell, Todd P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols; CCN; convection; lightning; shipping; WWLLN

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; HEAT CONVECTION; SHIPS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; DEEP CONVECTION; GLOBAL LIGHTNING; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIGHTNING DENSITY; LIGHTNING LOCATION; MARITIME VESSELS; WWLLN;

LIGHTNING;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; DATABASE; EMISSION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING; SHIPPING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; VESSEL;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 85029448660     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2017GL074982     Document Type: Article

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