Current moment in sprite-producing lightning

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 499-508

  Cummer, Steven A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge moment change; ELF propagation; Lightning; Sprite

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHTNING; SPRITE;

EID: 0038414017     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00318-8     Document Type: Article

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