Corona emission from raindrops in strong electric fields as a possible discharge initiation: Comparison between horizontal and vertical field configurations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Coquillat, Sylvain ^a   Combal, Bruno ^a   Chauzy, Serge ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Corona; Lightning; Raindrops; Thunderstorm

Indexed keywords

CORONA; LIGHTNING; RAINDROP; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0347091989     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002714     Document Type: Article

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