Physics of electric discharges in atmospheric gases: An informal introduction

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 137, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 133-148

  Treumann, Rudolf A ^a,b   Kłos, Zbigniew ^c   Parrot, Michel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Avalanches; Discharges; Electrostatic waves; Quasi stationary electric fields; Sprites jets

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; ATOMS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF GASES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GLOW DISCHARGES; LIGHTNING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DISCHARGES; ATMOSPHERIC GASES; AVALANCHES; COLLISION FREQUENCIES; CRITICAL ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; CRITICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; DISCHARGES; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; ELECTROSTATIC WAVES; GAS DISCHARGING; LOWER BOUNDARY; MAIN PARAMETERS; MEAN FREE PATH; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES; QUASI-STATIONARY ELECTRIC FIELDS; SPRITES-JETS; WAVE EMISSIONS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 49749093746     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9355-y     Document Type: Article

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