Lightning stroke distance estimation from single station observation and validation with WWLLN data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1509-1517

  Ramachandran, V ^a   Prakash, J N ^a   Deo, A ^a   Kumar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; GPS; LIGHTNING; MODEL VALIDATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 34547644658     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1509-2007     Document Type: Article

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