WWLL global lightning detection system: Regional validation study in Brazil

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Lay, Erin H ^a   Holzworth, Robert H ^a   Rodger, Craig J ^b   Thomas, Jeremy N ^a   Pinto Jr , Osmar ^c   Dowden, Richard L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^d Low Frequency Electromagnetic Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LIGHTING; PHOTODETECTORS;

LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING DETECTION;

GEOPHYSICS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DETECTION METHOD; LIGHTNING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 18244421045     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018882     Document Type: Article

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