Characteristics of negative lightning flashes presenting multiple-ground terminations on a millisecond-scale

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 381-386

  Kong, X Z ^a   Qie, X S ^b   Zhao, Y ^a   Zhang, T ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cloud to ground lightning flash; High speed video camera; Multiple ground terminations; Return stroke

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; SPEED; VIDEO CAMERAS;

ANTENNA SYSTEMS; CAMERA SYSTEMS; FIELD CHANGES; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO CAMERA; LIGHTNING DISCHARGES; MULTIPLE-GROUND TERMINATIONS; NEGATIVE LIGHTNINGS; OPTICAL IMAGES; RETURN STROKE; SHORT TIMES; STEPPED LEADERS; STRIKING POINTS; TIME INTERVALS;

ANTENNA GROUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIFICATION; RETURN PERIOD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58149316221     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.03.025     Document Type: Article

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