Blue starters: Brief upward discharges from an intense Arkansas thunderstorm

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2153-2156

  Wescott, E M ^a   Sentman, D D ^a   Heavner, M J ^a   Hampton, D L ^b   Osborne, D L ^a   Vaughan Jr , O H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORMS; VIDEO RECORDING;

BLUE JETS; BLUE STARTERS; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FLASHES; INTENSE ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM; UPWARD DISCHARGES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

BLUE JET; BLUE STARTER; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; THUNDERSTORM;

USA, ARKANSAS;

EID: 0030207066     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01969     Document Type: Article

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