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Record 1 2015-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
CONT

Total lightning activity in thunderstorms. Total lightning is the combination of all forms of cloud (CLD) and cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning produced by a thunderstorm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
CONT

Les travaux du laboratoire présentent l'originalité d'introduire, en plus de l'activité d'éclairs nuage-sol, l'activité totale d'éclairs en la considérant sous deux formes, soit la totalité des éclairs (nuage-sol et intra-nuage), soit le nombre de sources rayonnantes en VHF [très hautes fréquences.]

Key term(s)
  • activité totale d'éclair

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