The North American lightning detection network (NALDN) - first results: 1998-2000

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2098-2109

  Orville, Richard E ^a   Huffines, Gary R ^a   Burrows, William R ^a   Holle, Ronald L ^a   Cummins, Kenneth L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; LIGHTNING;

COASTAL WATERS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; REGIONAL PATTERN;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036675317     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<2098:TNALDN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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