Location accuracy of long distance VLF lightning location network

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 747-758

  Rodger, C J ^a   Brundell, J B ^b   Dowden, R L ^b   Thomson, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LFEM Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (lightning, atmospheric electricity, instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; DETECTION METHOD; REAL TIME;

EID: 1942472163     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-747-2004     Document Type: Article

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