Measurement of charge transfer in sprite-producing lightning using ELF radio atmospherics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1731-1734

  Cummer, S A ^a   Inan, U S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHTNING; RADIATION EFFECTS; CALCULATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; DIPOLE ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD WAVEFORMS; PROPAGATION EFFECT; PROPAGATION MODELING; RADIO ATMOSPHERICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHARGE TRANSFER; GEOPHYSICS;

CHARGE TRANSFER MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD WAVEFORMS;

EID: 0031189146     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL51791     Document Type: Article

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