Cloud-to-ground lightning in Austria: A 10-year study using data from a lightning location system

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-20

  Schulz, W ^a   Cummins, Ken ^b   Diendorfer, G ^a   Dorninger, Manfred ^c  

^a Austrian Electrotechnical Association OVE   (Austria)

^b VAISALA OYJ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21544458309     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005332     Document Type: Article

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