Lightning charge moment changes in U.S. High Plains thunderstorms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Cummer, Steven A ^a   Lyons, Walter A ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b FMA Research Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; LIGHTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CHARGE MOMENT; CLOUD-TO-GROUND (CG) RETURN STROKES; THUNDERSTORM ELECTRIFICATION;

THUNDERSTORMS;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRON; THUNDERSTORM;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2442555935     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl019043     Document Type: Article

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