Energetic radiation produced during rocket-triggered lightning

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5607, 2003, Pages 694-697

  Dwyer, Joseph R ^a   Uman, Martin A ^b   Rassoul, Hamid K ^a   Al Dayeh, Maher ^a   Caraway, Lee ^a   Jerauld, Jason ^b   Rakov, Vladimir A ^b   Jordan, Douglas M ^b   Rambo, Keith J ^b   Corbin, Vincent ^a   Wright, Brian ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; LIGHTNING; ROCKETS;

ROCKET-TRIGGERED LIGHTNING;

RADIATION;

ELECTRON; ENERGETICS; LIGHTNING;

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; LIGHTNING; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

HESPERIS;

EID: 0346037285     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1078940     Document Type: Article

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16. We thank those at Florida Tech who assisted in the construction of the instrument and the collection of the energetic radiation data. In particular, we thank I. Vodopianov for his assistance with the fiber optic cables. We also thank members of the University of Florida Lightning Research Laboratory for their work in producing triggered lightning at Camp Blanding. Supported in part by NSF (CAREER grant ATM 0133773 and grant ATM 0003994) and the Department of Transportation (Federal Aviation Administration) (grant 99-G-043).