Lightning-initiation locations as a remote sensing tool of large thunderstorm electric field vectors

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1059-1068

  Maggio, Christopher ^a   Coleman, Lee ^a   Marshall, Thomas ^a   Stolzenburg, Maribeth ^a   Stanley, Mark ^b   Hamlin, Timothy ^c   Krehbiel, Paul ^c   Rison, William ^c   Thomas, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; REMOTE SENSING; THUNDERSTORMS;

ELECTRIC FIELD VECTORS; LIGHTNING FLASH; LIGHTNING MAPPING ARRAY (LMA);

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING; REMOTE SENSING; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 21444448973     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1750.1     Document Type: Article

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