Above cloud electrical discharges: The effect of aerosol transport

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4317-4320

  Shaw, Glenn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROSTATICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; AEROSOLS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; IONS; TROPOSPHERE;

ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; ELECTRON AVALANCHE; GAS TO PARTICLE CONVERSION; UPWARD PROPAGATING DISCHARGES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON BEAMS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; QUASI-ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; BLUE JET; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; POLLUTION; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0033489837     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900137     Document Type: Article

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