Global lightning and severe storm monitoring from GPS orbit

Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1091-1100

  Suszcynsky, D M ^a   Jacobson, A R ^a   Linford, J ^a   Pongratz, M B ^a   Light, T E ^a   Shao, X ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL LIGHTNING; NARROW BIPOLAR EVENT (NBE); SEVERE STORM MONITORING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEOLOCATION;

CLOUDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OPTICAL SENSORS; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 23944474590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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