Comparison of a SAFIR lightning detection network in northern Germany to the operational BLIDS network

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Drue C ^a   Hauf, T ^a   Finke, U ^a   Keyn, S ^a   Kreyer, O ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; GERMANY; LIGHTNING; PROBABILITY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIGHTNING; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 36348986626     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007680     Document Type: Article

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