Balloon observations of temporal variation in the global circuit compared to global lightning activity

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2223-2228

  Holzworth, Robert H ^a   Bering III, Edgar A ^b   Kokorowski, Michael F ^a   Lay, Erin H ^a   Reddell, Brandon ^b   Kadokura, Akira ^c   Yamagishi, Hisao ^c   Sato, Natsuo ^c   Ejiri, Masaki ^c   Hirosawa, Haruto ^d   Yamagami, Takamasa ^d   Torii, Shoji ^e   Tohyama, Fumio ^f   Nakagawa, Michio ^g   Okada, Toshimi ^h   Dowden, Richard L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^h TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ Low Frequency Electromagnetic Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Balloon; Electric field; Global circuit; Lightning; Polar patrol balloon; Stratosphere; World wide lightning location

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GLOBAL CIRCUIT; POLAR PATROL BALLON; WORLD WIDE LIGHTING LOCATION;

METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS;

EID: 23844432646     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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