On the retrieval of lightning radio sources from time-of-arrival data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 26631-26639

  Koshak, William J ^a   Solakiewicz, Richard J ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA NETWORK; LIGHTNING LOCATION; RADIO FREQUENCY; TIME OF ARRIVAL;

EID: 0030405187     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01618     Document Type: Article

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