Global association of aerosol with flash density of intense lightning

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 12; no. 11; pp. 114037 - 114045
• Main Authors: Altaratz, Orit, Kucienska, Beata, Kostinski, Alex, Raga, Graciela B, Koren, Ilan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.11.2017
• Subjects: aerosol; Aerosols; clouds; Lightning; Meteorology; Optical analysis; Optical thickness; Statistical analysis; Africa

A global scale study of the association between aerosol loading and lightning production was conducted, using a full year's data for 2012 (as well as seasonal data) of the cloud-to-ground lightning record from the world wide lightning location network and aerosol optical depth measured by MODIS...