Horizontal structure of the electric field in the stratiform region of an Oklahoma mesoscale convective system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Mo, Qixu ^a   Detwiler, Andrew G ^a   Hallett, John ^b   Black, Robert ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Convective processes; Lightning; Mesoscale processes; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHTNING;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [OKLAHOMA (STT)]; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347091978     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001140     Document Type: Article

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