To cite the reanalyses data (covariates), please use: Service CCC (2017). “ERA5: Fifth Generation of ECMWF Atmospheric Reanalyses of the Global Climate.” Copernicus Climate Change Service Climate Date Store (CDS). date of access: June 2019. A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is @Misc{, title = {{ERA}5: {F}ifth Generation of {ECMWF} Atmospheric Reanalyses of the Global Climate}, author = {Copernicus Climate Change Service}, howpublished = {Copernicus Climate Change Service Climate Date Store (CDS)}, note = {date of access: June 2019}, year = {2017}, } To cite the lightning data (observations), please use: Schulz, W, Cummins, K, Diendorfer, G, Dorninger, M (2005). “Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in Austria: A 10-Year Study Using Data from a Lightning Location System.” _J. Geophys. Res._, *110*(D9). doi:10.1029/2004JD005332 . A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is @Article{, title = {{C}loud-to-Ground Lightning in {A}ustria: {A} 10-Year Study Using Data from a Lightning Location System}, author = {{Schulz} and {W} and {Cummins} and {K} and {Diendorfer} and {G} and {Dorninger} and {M}}, journal = {J. Geophys. Res.}, volume = {110}, number = {D9}, year = {2005}, publisher = {Wiley Online Library}, doi = {10.1029/2004JD005332}, } To cite the lightning data (observations), please use: Schulz, W., Diendorfer, G., Pedeboy, S., Poelman, R. D (2016). “The European Lightning Location System EUCLID-Part~1: Performance Analysis and Validation.” _Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci._, *16*(2), 595-605. doi:10.5194/nhess-16-595-2016 . A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is @Article{, author = {{Schulz} and {W.} and {Diendorfer} and {G.} and {Pedeboy} and {S.} and {Poelman} and D. R.}, title = {The {E}uropean Lightning Location System {EUCLID}---Part~1: {P}erformance Analysis and Validation}, journal = {Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.}, volume = {16}, year = {2016}, number = {2}, pages = {595--605}, doi = {10.5194/nhess-16-595-2016}, }