Modelling electric and magnetic fields due to thunderclouds and lightning from cloud-tops to the ionosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 7-9, 1998, Pages 889-893

  Rycroft, M J ^a   Cho, M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field; Jet; Lightning; Modeling; Sprite; Thundercloud

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; JET; LIGHTNING; MODELING; SPRITE; THUNDERCLOUD;

EID: 0032450420     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(98)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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