Progresssion features of a stepped leader process with four grounded leader branches

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Qie, Xiushu ^a,b   Kong, Xiangzhen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CAMERAS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTERFEROMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; STREAK CAMERAS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CLUSTERED PULSES; FOUR GROUNDED LEADER BRANCHES; STEPPED LEADER;

LIGHTNING;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CORRELATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; IMAGE RESOLUTION;

EID: 34249866907     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028771     Document Type: Article

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