Electrical energy constraints on lightning

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages

  Marshall, Thomas C ^a   Stolzenburg, Maribeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; Energy; Lightning

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0037181939     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jd000024     Document Type: Article

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