On the velocity of positive connecting leaders associated with negative downward lightning leaders

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Becerra, Marley ^a   Cooray, V ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ESTIMATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DOWNWARD NEGATIVE LIGHTNING LEADERS; STROKE CURRENT; UPWARD CONNECTING POSITIVE LEADERS;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CURRENT VELOCITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHTNING; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 40849124178     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032506     Document Type: Article

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