Lightning charge moment changes for the initiation of sprites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Hu, Wenyi ^a   Cummer, Steven A ^a   Lyons, Walter A ^b   Nelson, Thomas E ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b FMA Research Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CHARGE MOMENT CHANGE; DUKE UNIVERSITY; LIGHTNING CHARGE MOMENTS; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; MOMENT DISTRIBUTION; POSITIVE LIGHTNING; SPRITE GENERATION;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0037092343     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014593     Document Type: Article

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