The behavior of total lightning activity in severe Florida thunderstorms

Atmospheric Research - Tập 51 Số 3-4 - Trang 245-265 - 1999
Earle Williams1, B. Boldi2, A. Matlin2, Mark Weber2, Steve Hodanish3, Dave Sharp3, S. J. Goodman4, R. Raghavan4, Dennis E. Buechler4
1Parsons Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
2Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA 02420-9185, USA
3National Weather Service, Melbourne, FL 32935, USA
4NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35806, USA

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