Sustained heating of the ionosphere above thunderstorms as evidenced in "early/fast" VLF events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1067-1070

  Inan, Umran S ^a   Pasko, Victor P ^a   Bell, Timothy F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COOLING; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; HEATING; THUNDERSTORMS;

IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; SIGNAL CHANGES;

IONOSPHERE;

EARLY FAST VLF EVENTS; LIGHTNING DISCHARGES; THERMAL ENERGY; THUNDERCLOUD CHARGE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030144498     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01360     Document Type: Article

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