Transient currents in the global electric circuit due to cloud-to-ground and intracloud lightning

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 178-183

  Maggio, Chris R ^a   Marshall, Thomas C ^a   Stolzenburg, Maribeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Global electric circuit; Lightning; Transient current; Wilson current

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; IONOSPHERE; MASS TRANSFER; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTICAL DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS; TRANSIENTS;

FLASH RATES; GLOBAL ELECTRIC CIRCUIT; INTRACLOUD; LIGHTNING FLASHES; NEW MEXICO; TRANSIENT CHANGES; TRANSIENT CHARGES; TRANSIENT CURRENT; WILSON CURRENT;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC FIELD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MAPPING; THUNDERCLOUD;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149308509     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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