LINET-An international VLF/LF lightning detection network in Europe

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 115-140

  Betz, Hans D ^a   Schmidt, Kersten ^a   Oettinger, Wolf P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NOWCAST GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell tracking; Cloud lightning; Lightning detection; Lightning location; Severe weather; Total lightning; VLF LF measurements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892009740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9079-0_5     Document Type: Chapter

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