Open AccessOcean Lightning Storms Are Larger Than Land Lightning Storms
Author(s) -
Lily Strelich
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo037109
Subject(s) - lightning (connector) , storm , upper atmospheric lightning , meteorology , lightning strike , environmental science , geology , thunderstorm , climatology , geography , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
A new study uses data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission to demonstrate that electrified storms in the tropics are 10 times larger over the ocean than those over land.