Error analysis for a long-range lightning monitoring network of ground-based receivers in Europe

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Chronis, Themis G ^a   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Lighting; Thunderstorms; VLF

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIGHTNING; MONITORING SYSTEM; THUNDERSTORM;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1642345439     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003776     Document Type: Article

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