On blue jet dynamics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1625-1628

  Sukhorukov, A I ^a   Mishin, E V ^a   Stubbe, P ^a   Rycroft, M J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND DISCHARGE; CONTINUING CURRENT; ELECTRON AVALANCHES; INTRACLOUD DISCHARGE; IONIZING WAVES; JET DYNAMICS; QUASI-ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

BLUE JETS; ELECTRON AVALANCHE; ELECTRON DRIFT VELOCITY; IONIZING WAVE;

BLUE JET; CLOUD TO GROUND DISCHARGE; JET VELOCITY; MODEL; THUNDERCLOUD;

EID: 0030158079     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01367     Document Type: Article

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