The verification of lightning location accuracy in Finland deduced from lightning strikes to trees

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 172-173, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-7

  Mäkelä, Antti ^a   Mäkelä, Jakke ^a   Haapalainen, Jussi ^a   Porjo, Niko ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ArcDia Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lightning; Lightning location; Lightning location performance; Location accuracy; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOMETRY; LOCATION; ROCKETS; THUNDERSTORMS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HIGH-ACCURACY; LIGHTNING LOCATION; LIGHTNING LOCATION SYSTEM(LLS); LIGHTNING STRIKES; LOCATION ACCURACY; NATURAL LIGHTNING STRIKES; ROCKET LAUNCH; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

LIGHTNING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; LIGHTNING; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THUNDERSTORM;

FINLAND;

EID: 84954097132     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.12.009     Document Type: Article

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