Return-stroke multiplicity of negative cloud-to-ground lightning flashes

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1455-1462

  Rakov, Vladimir A ^a   Huffines, Gary R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHTNING;

RETURN STROKE MULTIPLICITY; SINGLE STROKE FLASHES;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; DETECTION METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344982986     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1455:RMONCL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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