A two-dimensional model of runaway electron beams driven by quasi-electrostatic thundercloud fields

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2639-2642

  Lehtinen, N G ^a   Bell, T F ^a   Pasko, V P ^a   Inan, U S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; LIGHT EMISSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRON BEAMS; GAMMA RAYS; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THUNDERSTORMS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTIONS; GAMMA-RAY EMISSION; IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS; RUNAWAY ELECTRON BEAMS; TERRESTRIAL GAMMA-RAY FLASHES; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

GAMMA RAYS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

ELECTROSTATIC HEATING; OPTICAL LUMINOSITY; QUASIELECTROSTATIC THUNDERCLOUD FIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON BEAM; QUASI ELECTROSTATIC FIELD; SPRITE; THUNDERCLOUD;

EID: 0031277632     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL52738     Document Type: Article

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