Characteristics of downward leader in a positive cloud-to-ground lightning flash observed by high-speed video camera and electric field changes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

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

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING FLASH; INTRACLOUD DISCHARGE PROCESS; LUMINOUS DURATION; LUMINOUS INTENSITY; POSITIVE LEADER PROCESS; RETURN STROKE;

LIGHTNING;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ELECTRON DENSITY; THUNDERCLOUD; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EID: 43549083709     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032764     Document Type: Article

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