Evaluating the Future of Lightning in Cloud‐Resolving Models

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Title: Evaluating the Future of Lightning in Cloud‐Resolving Models

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Romps, David M. ^[1]

Department of Earth and Planetary ScienceUniversity of California Berkeley CA USA, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences DivisionLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA USA

Publication Date:: 2019-12-23

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1580296

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Geophysical Research Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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Title: Evaluating the Future of Lightning in Cloud‐Resolving Models

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Clausius–Clapeyron Scaling of CAPE from Analytical Solutions to RCE journal, September 2016

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