Characterization of infrasound from lightning

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Assink, J D ^a   Evers, L G ^a   Holleman, I ^a   Paulssen, H ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

AMPLITUDE MEASUREMENTS; BEAM PATTERNS; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; INFRA SOUND; INFRASONIC SIGNALS; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LINE SOURCES; NETHERLANDS; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY; VERIFICATION SYSTEMS;

LIGHTNING;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; INFRASONICS; THUNDERSTORM;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53749107673     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034193     Document Type: Article

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