Radiation field pulses associated with the initiation of positive cloud to ground lightning flashes

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1047-1055

  Gomes, Chandima ^a   Cooray, Vernon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Lightning; Positive; Radiation; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHTNING; RADIANCE;

EID: 3042734562     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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