High-speed video observations of positive ground flashes produced by intracloud lightning

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Saba, Marcelo M F ^a   Campos, Leandro Z S ^a,b   Krider, E Philip ^c   Pinto Jr , Osmar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD BASE; GROUND FLASH; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; INTRACLOUD; LIGHTNING FLASHES; RETURN STROKE;

HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; VIDEO RECORDING;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; LUMINESCENCE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EID: 68749103271     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038791     Document Type: Article

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