A source location algorithm of lightning detection networks in China

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1981-1991

  Hu, Z X ^a   Zhao, W G ^a   Zhu, H P ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Lightning)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; GEODESY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

CHINA; HUBEI;

EID: 79960609509     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1981-2010     Document Type: Article

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