Properties of preliminary breakdown processes in Scandinavian lightning

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2041-2052

  Mäkelä, Jakke S ^a   Porjo, Niko ^a   Mäkelä, Antti ^b   Tuomi, Tapio ^b   Cooray, Vernon ^c  

^a MICROSOFT   (United States)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electric field; Lightning; Magnetic field; Narrowband measurement; Propagation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION;

CHARACTERISTIC SIGNALS; DETECTION SYSTEMS; FINLAND; GROUND WAVES; INITIAL PROCESSES; LIGHTNING DETECTIONS; LIGHTNING FLASHES; NARROWBAND MEASUREMENT; NARROWBAND SIGNALS; PEAK ELECTRIC FIELDS; PLATE ANTENNAS; PROPAGATION; PROPAGATION REGIMES; RETURN STROKES; SIGNAL CHANGING; STEPPED LEADERS; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 56049121014     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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