Computer simulation of the electric field structure and optical emission from cloud-top to the ionosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 7-9, 1998, Pages 871-888

  Cho, Mengu ^a   Rycroft, Michael J ^b  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Electromagnetic field; Lightning; Modeling; Optical property; Sprite

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHTNING; MODELING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SPRITE;

EID: 0032449706     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(98)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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