The initiation of lightning by runaway air breakdown

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Dwyer, J R ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; CLOUDS; COSMIC RAYS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THUNDERSTORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC COSMIC-RAYS; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; LIGHTNING INITIATION; RUNAWAY AIR BREAKDOWN; RUNAWAY ELECTRONS; THUNDERCLOUDS;

LIGHTNING;

ELECTRON; LIGHTNING; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 28944442414     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023975     Document Type: Article

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