"Spider" lightning in intracloud and positive cloud-to-ground flashes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D16, 1998, Pages 19811-19822

  Mazur, Vladislav ^a   Shao, Xuan Min ^b,c   Krehbiel, Paul R ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; THUNDERSTORM;

ARANEAE;

EID: 0032572963     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02003     Document Type: Article

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