Current propagation model for a narrow bipolar pulse

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Watson, S S ^a   Marshall, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

MODIFIED TRANSMISSION LINE MODEL; NARROW BIPOLAR PULSES;

THUNDERSTORMS;

CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; MODELING; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 34547996355     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027426     Document Type: Article

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