Performance characteristics of distinct lightning detection networks covering Belgium

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 942-951

  Poelman, Dieter R ^a   Schulz, Wolfgang ^b   Vergeiner, Christian ^c  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b OVE ALDIS   (Australia)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Instrumentation sensors; Lightning

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIGHTNING; LOCATION;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND FLASH; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; CONTINUING CURRENT; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; GROUND-TRUTH DATASET; INSTRUMENTATION/SENSORS; LIGHTNING DETECTION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS;

CLOUDS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHTNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSOR;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84879007400     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00162.1     Document Type: Article

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