A method to identify the optimal areal unit for NLDN cloud-to-ground lightning flash data analysis

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 739-744

  Schultz, Michael D ^a   Underwood, S Jeffrey ^b   Radhakrishnan, Premkrishnan ^c  

^a CDM SMITH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Aquatic Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LIGHTNING;

FLASH DENSITY; NATIONAL LIGHTNING DETECTION NETWORK (NLDN) DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING;

EID: 22744444822     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2234.1     Document Type: Article

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