A comparative analysis of lightning data from lightning networks and LIS sensor in the North and Southeast of Brazil

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Pinto Jr , O ^a   Pinto, I R C A ^a   de Faria, H H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; LIGHTNING; SATELLITES; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

LIGHTNING NETWORKS; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; INTRACLOUD FLASH; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING DATUM; LIGHTNING IMAGING SENSORS; SATELLITE SENSORS; TRMM SATELLITES;

IMAGE SENSORS; CLOUDS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIGHTNING; SATELLITE DATA;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0038266176     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016009     Document Type: Article

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