Blue jets produced by quasi-electrostatic pre-discharge thundercloud fields

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-304

  Pasko, V P ^a   Inan, U S ^a   Bell, T F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE JET; OPTICAL EMISSION; QUASIELECTROSTATIC FIELD; STREAMER IONIZATION CHANNEL; THUNDERCLOUD;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

BLUE JETS; IONIZATION CHANNELS;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 0029729109     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00149     Document Type: Article

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