Relative detection efficiency of the World Wide Lightning Location Network

Radio Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hutchins, M L ^a   Holzworth, R H ^a   Brundell, J B ^b   Rodger, C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UltraMSKcom   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MAPS; DETECTED ENERGIES; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY STATISTICS; GLOBAL COVERAGE; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; LIGHTNING LOCATION; MODEL RESULTS; NETWORK SENSORS; OFFLINE; TEMPORAL REGIMES; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

LIGHTNING;

DETECTORS;

EID: 84871388598     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012RS005049     Document Type: Article

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