Intense continuing currents following positive cloud-to-ground lightning associated with red sprites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1285-1288

  Bell, Timothy F ^a   Reising, Steven C ^a   Inan, Umran S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; TIME DELAY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; CONTINUING CURRENT; INTRACLOUD DISCHARGE; MEASUREMENTS OF; POSITIVE CHARGES; POSITIVE DISCHARGES; RED SPRITE; STANFORD UNIVERSITY;

CLOUDS; LIGHTNING;

SPRITES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING; RED SPRITE;

EID: 0032522313     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00734     Document Type: Article

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