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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): K. S. Clifton; C. K. Hill
Publication Date: 1980

Nighttime observations of lightning were conducted using a low-light-level television system at the Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research in New Mexico. The number of strokes per flash, the interstroke intervals, and flash durations of cloud-to-ground activity were measured for storms ranging from 50 to 200 km away from the observation site. The flash frequency was also obtained for a severe storm system at a distance of 320 km. Some comparisons of the data are made with results obtained from previous television and photographic lightning observations. Published by American Meteorological Society. Abstract reproduced by permission

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Citation: Clifton, K. S., and C. K. Hill. 1980. Low-light-level television measurements of lightning. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, v. 61, no. 9, p. 987-992.

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Topics:
Fire Ecology    Climate    Weather
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    International    National
Keywords:
  • deserts
  • lightning
  • lightning effects
  • Mexico
  • New Mexico
  • photography
  • range management
  • statistical analysis
  • storms
Tall Timbers Record Number: 11735 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Fire File-DDW • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 37286

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