Publication Date:
2018-02-13
Description:
A projected decrease in lightning under climate change A projected decrease in lightning under climate change, Published online: 12 February 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0072-6 It has been suggested that lightning activity will increase with anthropogenic warming. However, the use of a physically based lightning parameterization—incorporating cloud ice fluxes—reveals global flash rates in 2100 may decrease by 15% under RCP8.5.
Print ISSN:
1758-678X
Electronic ISSN:
1758-6798
Topics:
Geosciences