A comparison of lightning data provided by ZEUS and LINET networks over Western Europe

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1713-1717

  Lagouvardos, K ^a   Kotroni, V ^a   Betz, H D ^b   Schmidt, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NOWCAST GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; DETECTION METHOD; LIGHTNING; OBSERVATORY; THUNDERSTORM;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71749121335     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1713-2009     Document Type: Article

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