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Title: CAPE Threshold for Lightning Over the Tropical Ocean

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Department of Atmospheric Science University of Washington Seattle WA USA
  2. Department of Earth and Space Sciences University of Washington Seattle WA USA
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1826836
Grant/Contract Number:  
DE‐SC0016223
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Journal Volume: 126 Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-897X
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Cheng, Wei‐Yi, Kim, Daehyun, and Holzworth, Robert H. CAPE Threshold for Lightning Over the Tropical Ocean. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1029/2021JD035621.
Cheng, Wei‐Yi, Kim, Daehyun, & Holzworth, Robert H. CAPE Threshold for Lightning Over the Tropical Ocean. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035621
Cheng, Wei‐Yi, Kim, Daehyun, and Holzworth, Robert H. Mon . "CAPE Threshold for Lightning Over the Tropical Ocean". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035621.
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