5. Many places where
thunderstorms have happened .
A new global satellite survey of thunderstorm activity has helped
meteorologists pinpoint exactly where Earth’s hotspots
for intense thunderstorms are: the American Midwest,
Argentina , and some semi-arid regions like the edges of the
Sahara desert.
The new study, which appeared in the August issue of the Bulletin
of the American Meteorological Society, is “really the first
quantitative look [at thunderstorms] around the world,” said
lead author Edward Zipser of the University of Utah .
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7. • This presentation was done by the group
SAKSHI RAKESH MOTVANI
SONIKA RAJESH PILLAI
AARYA JAYAKUMAR
NASHWA HARIS
ASHIMA SUSAN IPE
PRIYAMVADHA C.