Unusually intense continuing current in lightning produces delayed mesospheric breakdown

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 495-498

  Cummer, Steven A ^a   Füllekrug, Martin ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING; MESOSPHERE;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF GASES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

LONG-DELAYED SPRITES; MESOSPHERIC BREAKDOWN;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0034744803     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012214     Document Type: Article

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