Lightning sensors for observing, tracking and nowcasting severe weather

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-170

  Price, Colin ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ELF; Hail; Lightning; Severe weather; Thunderstorms; Tornado; VHF; VLF

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; HAZARDS; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS; TORNADOES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; LIGHTNING CHARACTERISTICS; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS; SEVERE WEATHER; SHORT-TERM FORECASTS; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY;

CLOUDS;

EID: 40849139703     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8010157     Document Type: Review

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