Randomly stepped model for upward electrical discharge from top of thundercloud

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1093-1095

  Tong, Lizhu ^a   Nanbu, Kenichi ^a   Fukunishi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charge distribution of thundercloud; Numerical modeling; Upward electrical discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944496217     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.74.1093     Document Type: Article

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