Lightning initiation - Conventional and runaway-breakdown hypotheses

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 127, Issue 578, 2001, Pages 2683-2704

  Solomon, R ^a   Schroeder, V ^a   Baker, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Corona; Cosmic ray showers; Drops; Ice; Lightning

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRONS; THUNDERSTORMS;

DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0035490472     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.57808     Document Type: Article

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