Broadband radio interferometer utilizing a sequential triggering technique for locating fast-moving electromagnetic sources emitted from lightning

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 376-381

  Mardiana, Redy ^a,b   Kawasaki, Zen ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHTNING; RADIO EQUIPMENT; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; TRIGGER CIRCUITS;

BROADBAND ANTENNA SENSORS; BROADBAND RADIO INTERFEROMETER; SEQUENTIAL TRIGGERING TECHNIQUE;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0033691001     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.843081     Document Type: Article

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