HF radiation emitted by chaotic leader processes

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 707-720

  Makela J S ^a   Edirisinghe, M ^b   Fernando, M ^b   Montano R ^c   Cooray, V ^c  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chaotic leaders; HF radiation; Lightning; Return strokes; Stepped leaders

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LIGHTNING; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CHAOTIC LEADERS; ENERGY SPECTRAL DENSITY (ESD); RETURN STROKES;

RADIATION;

EID: 33947642112     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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