Initiation and development of first lightning leader: The effects of coronae and position of lightning origin

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 307-329

  Aleksandrov, N L ^a   Bazelyan, E M ^b   Raizer, Yu P ^c  

^a MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Krzhizhanovsky Power Engineering Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Corona discharge; First lightning leader; Leader development; Lightning initiation; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STORMS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND GAP; GROUNDED OBJECTS; LIGHTNING INITIATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

LIGHTNING;

CORONA; LIGHTNING;

EID: 23144456164     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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