LINET-An international lightning detection network in Europe

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 564-573

  Betz, Hans D ^a   Schmidt, Kersten ^a,c   Laroche, Pierre ^a   Blanchet, Patrice ^b   Oettinger, Wolf P ^c   Defer, Eric ^d   Dziewit, Z ^e   Konarski, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ONERA   (France)

^c NOWCAST GMBH   (Germany)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

Lightning detection; Lightning location; Total lightning; VLF LF measurements

Indexed keywords

LOCATION; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AUSTRALIA; AVERAGE VALUES; BASE-LINES; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL REGIONS; CONTINUOUS DATUMS; DISCHARGE CHANNELS; GERMANY; LIGHTNING DETECTION; LIGHTNING LOCATION; LOCATION ACCURACIES; NOWCAST; OUT-LIERS; POSITION ACCURACIES; SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS; SERVICE COMPANIES; SOUTH AMERICA; TOTAL LIGHTNING; VLF/LF MEASUREMENTS; WIDE AREAS;

LIGHTNING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; DETECTION METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BAURU; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; BRAZIL; CENTRAL EUROPE; DARWIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 58149277484     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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