Cloud ice fraction governs lightning rate at a global scale

Lightning rate varies non-linearly with cloud ice fraction and between ocean and continent regions due to differences in convection depth, according to analyses of 20-years of lightning observations and cloud water data.

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Main Authors: Yong Han, Hao Luo, Yonghua Wu, Yijun Zhang, Wenjie Dong
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/4097c0cc8dfc486b85295a9631e1b5b9
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