A portable, PC-based system for making optical and electromagnetic measurements of lightning

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 739-751

  Parker, Nathan G ^a   Philip Krider, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL VIDEO (DV);

LIGHTING;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; LIGHTNING; OPTICAL METHOD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038267594     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0739:APPSFM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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