X-ray pulses observed above a mesoscale convective system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2915-2918

  Back, Kenneth B ^a   Beasley, William H ^a   Rust, W David ^b   Marshall, Thomas C ^c   Stolzenburg, Maribeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; METEOROLOGY; X RAYS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BALLOONS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; X-RAY PULSES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; STORMS;

ELECTRIC PULSE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; X-RAY PULSE;

BALLOON FLIGHTS; COUNT RATES; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; X RAY PULSE;

EID: 0030260758     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96gl02570     Document Type: Article

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