Lightning occurrence data observed with lightning location systems in Japan: 1992-1995

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1468-1474

  Shindo, Takatoshi ^a,b   Yokoyama, Shigeru ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lightning; Lightning frequency; Lightning location system; Thunderday

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICS;

LIGHTNING LOCATION SYSTEM;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0032188218     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.714797     Document Type: Review

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