Experimental simulation of a double return-stroke lightning flash by lasers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Sobral, Hugo ^a   Villagrán Muniz, Mayo ^a   Navarro González, Rafael ^b   Camps, Enrique ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; NITRIC OXIDE;

ENERGETIC DISCHARGES; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; INTERFEROMETRY TECHNIQUE; NANOSECOND LASER PULSE; NATURAL FORMATIONS; PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS; SYNCHRONIZED LASER; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0036946038     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015715     Document Type: Article

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