Waveshapes of continuing currents and properties of M-components in natural negative cloud-to-ground lightning from high-speed video observations

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 302-310

  Campos, Leandro Z S ^a   Saba, Marcelo M F ^a   Pinto Jr , Osmar ^a   Ballarotti, Maurício G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Continuing current; High speed video; Lightning; M component; Waveshape

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SPARKS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMINANCE; PIXELS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; CONTINUING CURRENT; LIGHTNING FLASH; WAVESHAPE;

LIGHTNING;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXEL; VIDEOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPERTY;

EID: 34248364433     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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