Probabilistic lightning forecast guidance for aviation

Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 71-76

  Hughes, Kathryn K ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Station 11322 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FALSE ALARM RATIO (FAR); LIGHTNING FORECASTS; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION (POD); THUNDERSTORM GUIDANCE;

AVIATION; METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LIGHTING;

EID: 23944465632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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