Lightning detection in Spain: The particular case of Catalonia

Lightning: Principles, Instruments and Applications: Review of Modern Lightning Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 161-185

  Pineda, Nicolau ^a   Montanyà, Joan ^b  

^a Meteorological Service of Catalonia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Convective precipitation; Hail; Interferometry; Lightning climatology; Lightning detection; Total lightning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956548507     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9079-0_7     Document Type: Chapter

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