Submillisecond resolution lightning currents and sprite development: Observations and implications

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3205-3208

  Cummer, Steven A ^a   Stanley, Mark ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SPRITES;

LIGHTNING;

SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0033569020     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003635     Document Type: Article

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