Some observations of bipolar flashes during summer thunderstorms near Warsaw

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-89

  Barański, Piotr ^a   Bodzak, Paweł ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bipolar flash; Complex lightning discharge; Lightning initiation; Thundercloud

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

BIPOLAR FLASHES; CLOUD-TO-GROUND (C-G) DISCHARGE; COMPLEX LIGHTNING DISCHARGE EVENTS (CLDE); INTRACLOUD (IC) DISCHARGE;

THUNDERSTORMS;

CLOUD; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; WARSAW;

EID: 33746877551     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-006-0007-x     Document Type: Article

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