Electric field measurements above mesoscale convective systems

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D3, 1996, Pages 6979-6996

  Marshall, Thomas C ^a   Stolzenburg, Maribeth ^b,c   David Rust, Norman W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; SPRITE; STRATIFORM CLOUD CHARGE;

EID: 0030480033     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JD03764     Document Type: Article

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