High-speed video observations of rocket-and-wire initiated lightning

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Biagi, C J ^b   Jordan, D M ^b   Uman, M A ^b   Hill, J D ^b   Beasley, W H ^a   Howard, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; ROCKETS; WIRE;

CONNECTING LEADERS; CONSTANT SPEED; CURRENT PULSE; FRAMES PER SECONDS; HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAMERAS; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; IN-CHANNELS; LEADER INCEPTION; TRIGGERED LIGHTNING;

VIDEO CAMERAS;

ELECTRIC FIELD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; LIGHTNING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EID: 70350033640     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038525     Document Type: Article

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