Analysis of charge transport during lightning using balloon-borne electric field sensors and Lightning Mapping Array

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Hager, William W ^a   Sonnenfeld, Richard G ^b   Aslan, Beyza Caliskan ^a   Lu, Gaopeng ^b   Winn, William P ^b   Boeck, William L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRIC FIELD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAPHICAL METHOD; MAPPING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SENSOR; THUNDERCLOUD;

EID: 36349021884     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008187     Document Type: Article

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