Mechanism of lightning-associated infrasonic pulses from thunderclouds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Pasko, Victor P ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

COMPRESSION WAVES; GRAVITATIONAL STRATIFICATION; INFRASONIC PULSE; INFRASONIC WAVES; INFRASOUND; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; LINEARIZED EQUATIONS; MODEL-BASED; ON TIME; PRESSURE REDUCTION; RAPID INTENSIFICATION; RAREFACTION PULSE; TIME-SCALE; WAVE FORMS;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ELECTRIC FIELD; INFRASONICS; LIGHTNING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THUNDERCLOUD; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 66949162643     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011145     Document Type: Article

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