Spatial and temporal properties of optical radiation produced by stepped leaders

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D22, 1999, Pages 27573-27584

  Chen, Mingli ^a,c   Takagi, Nobuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Teiji ^a   Wang, Daohong ^a   Kawasaki, Zen Ichiro ^b   Liu, Xinsheng ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0033610960     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900846     Document Type: Article

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