Electric fields produced by lightning discharges

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D14, 1998, Pages 17175-17189

  Nickolaenko, Alexander P ^a,b   Hayakawa, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b A USIKOV INSTITUTE OF RADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHTNING;

EID: 0032572641     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD01163     Document Type: Article

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