Evaluation of the B.C. lightning location system at the Pacific Weather Centre / H.W. Raynor, fire weather forecaster.: En57-44/82-022E-PDF
"In the summer of 1980 the B.C. Ministry of Forests began installing an automatic lightning detection system in B.C. similar to those operating in the western United States and Alaska. In 1982 the network covered nearly all of the province. The system is designed to record cloud-to-ground lightning strikces to aid the Forest Service Protection Branch look for lightning caused fires ... The information was used at the Pacfic Weather Centre to confirm lightning activity and correlate it with other weather parameters and satellite imagery.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment Canada. Canada. Atmospheric Environment Service. Pacific Region. Canada. Atmospheric Environment Service. Pacific Weather Center. |
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| Title | Evaluation of the B.C. lightning location system at the Pacific Weather Centre / H.W. Raynor, fire weather forecaster. |
| Series title | Pacific region technical notes ; no. 82-022 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Caption title. Includes bibliographical references (pages 3-4). |
| Publishing information | Vancouver, B.C. : Pacific Weather Centre, November 18, 1982. |
| Author / Contributor | Raynor, H. W. (Harvey W.) |
| Description | 1 online resource (4 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : maps |
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| Subject terms | Weather forecasts Storms |
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