The importance of total lightning in the future of weather nowcasting

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 349-357

  Demetriades, Nicholas W S ^a,b   Murphy, Martin J ^a   Holle, Ronald L ^a  

^a VAISALA OYJ   (Finland)

^b Vaisala Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD-TO-GROUND (CG) LIGHTNING; ELECTRIC FIELD BUID-UP; ELECTRIC FIELD MILLS (EFM); TOTAL LIGHTNING;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; DETECTORS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHTNING; RADIOMETRY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 2442427142     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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