On the NOx production by laboratory electrical discharges and lightning

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1877-1889

  Cooray, Vernon ^a   Rahman, Mahbubur ^a   Rakov, Vladimir ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Lightning; Nitrogen oxide

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE; CLOUD FLASHES; COMPOSITE EVENT; CONTINUING CURRENT; CURRENT FLOWING; CURRENT SIGNATURES; CURRENT WAVEFORMS; DISCHARGE PROCESS; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; GROUND FLASH; INFLUENCING PARAMETERS; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; LIGHTNING FLASHES; M-COMPONENTS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; RETURN STROKE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOTAL LENGTH;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ESTIMATION; EXTRAPOLATION; LABORATORIES; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; THUNDERSTORMS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 71749085985     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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