The comparison of GLD360 and EUCLID lightning location systems in Europe

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-128

  Pohjola, Heikki ^a   Mäkelä, Antti ^b  

^a VAISALA OYJ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Detection efficiency; EUCLID; GLD360; Lightning location system; Location accuracy; Meteorology; Peak current

Indexed keywords

DETECTION EFFICIENCY; EUCLID; GLD360; LIGHTNING LOCATION SYSTEMS; LOCATION ACCURACY; PEAK CURRENTS;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METEOROLOGY;

LIGHTNING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; LIGHTNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84874361798     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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