Space-time structure of optical flashes and ionization changes produced by lighting-EMP

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-136

  Inan, Umran S ^a   Sampson, Wesley A ^a   Taranenko, Yuri N ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CYLINDRICAL SHELL; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; OPTICAL FLASHES; RADIAL DISTANCE; SPACETIME STRUCTURES; THIN LAYERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE;

EID: 0000057029     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03816     Document Type: Article

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