Electrical current along balloon rigging line inside thunderstorms

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-335

  Bateman, Monte G ^a   Eack, Kenneth B ^b   Rust, W David ^c   Marshall, Thomas C ^d  

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

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Balloon; Electrical current; Rigging line; Thunderstorm

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; BALLOON OBSERVATION; ELECTRICITY; INSTRUMENTATION; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0032692889     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(99)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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