Lightning initiation by simultaneous effect of runaway breakdown and cosmic ray showers

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 79-87

  Gurevich, A V ^a   Zybin, K P ^a   Roussel Dupre, R A ^b  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; COSMOLOGY; IONIZATION; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORMS;

COMBINED ACTIONS; COSMIC RAY SHOWERS; ELECTRIC POLARIZATION; HIGHLY-IONIZED; LIGHTNING INITIATION; RUNAWAY BREAKDOWN; SIMULTANEOUS EFFECTS; THUNDERSTORM ELECTRIC FIELDS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 0042781079     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(99)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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