Evidence for continuing current in sprite-producing cloud-to-ground lightning

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3639-3642

  Reising, Steven C ^a   Inan, Umran S ^a   Bell, Timothy F ^a   Lyons, Walter A ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASTeR Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERICS; LIGHTNING; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC SPARKS; GLOW DISCHARGES; RADIO TRANSMISSION;

ANTARCTICA; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING FLASH; CONTINUING CURRENT; EARTH'S SURFACE; LIGHTNING DATUM; LIGHTNING FLASHES; RADIO ATMOSPHERICS;

CLOUDS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; EVIDENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING FLASH; SPRITE;

ANTARCTICA, ANVERS ISLAND, PALMER STATION;

EID: 0030377042     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03480     Document Type: Article

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