Validation of single-station lightning location technique

Radio Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 12-1-12-9

  Brundell, James B ^a   Rodger, Craig J ^a,b   Dowden, Richard L ^a  

^a Low Frequency Electromagnetic Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ELF VLF sferic; Lightning detection; Nighttime D region; Reflection height; Single station lightning location; VLF propagation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; IONOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; KHARKOV METHOD; SINGLE-STATION LIGHTNING;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0036663857     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001rs002477     Document Type: Article

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