Measurements of x-ray emission from rocket-triggered lightning

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Dwyer, J R ^a   Rassoul, H K ^a   Al Dayeh, M ^a   Caraway, L ^a   Wright, B ^a   Chrest, A ^a   Uman, M A ^b   Rakov, V A ^b   Rambo, K J ^b   Jordan, D M ^b   Jerauld, J ^b   Smyth, C ^b  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCKETS; X RAYS;

LIGHTNING CHANNELS; ROCKET-TRIGGERED LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LIGHTNING; X-RAY;

EID: 18344412763     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl018770     Document Type: Article

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