Time dependent evaluation of the lightning upward connecting leader inception

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 4695-4702

  Becerra, Marley ^b   Cooray, Vernon ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LEADER INCEPTION MODELS; STREAMER CORONA;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 33751259618     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/21/029     Document Type: Article

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