A preliminary study of the synoptic conditions associated with lightning flashes over Mt. San Salvatore, Lugano, Switzerland

L. F. Bosart; T. J. Chen; R. E. Orville; H. P. Roesli

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v26i4.9855

A preliminary study of the synoptic conditions associated with lightning flashes over Mt. San Salvatore, Lugano, Switzerland

Tellus

Volume 26 (1974): Issue 4

By: L. F. Bosart, T. J. Chen, R. E. Orville and H. P. Roesli

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Language: English

Page range: 495 - 505

Submitted on: Nov 13, 1973

Published on: Jan 1, 1974

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© 1974 L. F. Bosart, T. J. Chen, R. E. Orville, H. P. Roesli, published by Stockholm University Press
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